BETH CAVENER STICHTER
Sculpture

Beth Cavener Stichter is an artist living in Washington, United States. She went on to pursue her studies in physics and astronomy but switched in her last year of undergraduate studies to Fine Art, receiving a BA in Sculpture and a Master's in Fine Arts with a degree in ceramics.

'There are primitive animal instincts lurking in our own depths, waiting for the chance to slide past a conscious moment. The sculptures I create focus on human psychology, stripped of context and rationalization, and articulated through animal and human forms. On the surface, these figures are simply feral and domestic individuals suspended in a moment of tension. Beneath the surface they embody the impacts of aggression, territorial desires, isolation, and pack mentality.

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I want to pry at those uncomfortable, awkward edges between animal and human. The figures are feral and uneasy, expressing frustration for the human tendency towards cruelty and lack of understanding. Entangled in their own internal and external struggles, the figures are engaged with the subjects of fear, apathy, violence and powerlessness.

Something conscious and knowing is captured in their gestures and expressions. An invitation and a rebuke.' - Beth Cavener Stichter