Second year MFA student Nick Chatfield-Taylor works with spaces and supporting-act objects—disposable party decorations, plastic packaging, air, fog—to elevate these forgotten materials and separate them from their former lives, while making a minimal impact on the surrounding environment.

Nick’s work was recently on exhibit at the Soo Visual Arts Center (SooVAC) for their juried group show, Untitled 17. Read his interview from an igloo with SooVAC intern and MFA first year Meher Khan on SooVAC’s website.