Sculpture
As a sculptor, Chloe Bischoff is captivated by the millennia-old conversation between humans and clay. Their work investigates this relationship, beholding clay as an emissary of matter through which to explore themes of animism, selfhood, and queer ecology—concepts that dissolve boundaries between living and nonliving entities and reimagine nature as an non-hierarchical, entangled network of vibrant matter. They approach clay not as an inert medium, but as a co-creator. The figurative sculptures that emerge reflect a fascination with hybridity and ambiguity, combining human anatomy, often the site of imposed identity, with imagined forms that transcend binaries of self/other and human/nonhuman.
Inspired by my Mexican heritage and the ceramic Coyote Warrior from Tula, Hidalgo, México, Bischoff will incorporate Mesoamerican visual language to examine hybridity, selfhood, and animistic connections, creating clay busts embedded within the mouths of fantastical creatures.
Visit with Chloe Bischoff at the Anderson Center booth at the Red Wing Hispanic Heritage Festival
Erin Christianson Peña will lead a beading workshop at the Red Wing Public Library.