Bio

Lily Wilkins (b. 1999, Los Angeles, California) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BFA in Fiber from the Maryland Institute College of Art. While participating in the Core Fellowship at the Penland School of Craft (2022-24), wilkins began working with multiple mediums with a particular focus on glass and glassmaking processes. Her work is rooted in the exploration of urban and industrial landscapes and the interplay between architecture and public spaces. Lily’s practice draws inspiration from both the industrial and the hand made, producing work that fluctuates between sculptural and functional objects that maintain a common visual language.

Statement

By observing and translating the visual language of constructed environments, I consider how objects shift across spaces and are shaped by human behavior and how Our gestures and absence leave traces that are inscribed into the materials we encounter. Working site-specifically, I observe, render, and model architectural forms at various scales using different materials, engaging with them as artifacts to be replicated, repaired, or altered. This translation is a dialogue between myself and the material, with my hands as mediators.