CONTACT​

 

EMAIL: art.catherinestengel@gmail.com

INSTAGRAM: @waylikethis​

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BIOGRAPHY

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Catherine Stengel is an interdisciplinary eco-artist based in San Francisco, CA, who primarily works in papermaking and paper sculpture, installation, and printmaking. Catherine also works as a tattoo artist, favoring folksy subject matter. She received her BA in Art in 2025 from Colorado State University. Concentrating in Integrated Visual Studies and minoring in Interdisciplinary Conservation Biology, she continuously intertwines the themes observed in environmental sociology, environmental ethics, and political science into her art.

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

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Through the time-bound stories of algae, water, seaweed, cultivated and naturally-grown plants, soil, and dried grasses woven by time and wind, I echo and mimic the creations of nature through my own manipulation of materials. My work is a critique of the intertwined relationship we share with nature and the simultaneous tendency to "other" ourselves from it.

 

​I create work that re-centers the senses into our experiences and memories. I explore how our learned history, foundational experiences, and societal conditioning have shaped existence in our environments, and how that, in turn, influences our interactions with nature.

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Artist Photos by Morgan Carhart and Annika Jorgensen