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TOSCA TERÁN
interdisciplinary, ecofeminist, artist
As a first-generation Mexican-American, primarily self-taught interdisciplinary artist, my practice is rooted in navigating and reimagining systems not designed for me. The lack of institutional access has shaped both the methodology and spirit of my work, fostering an approach that values curiosity, persistence, and material dialogue over formal training.
Working across art, science, and technology, I treat creative practice as an act of decolonization: a refusal to separate intellect from intuition, nature from culture.
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Experience
My practice has evolved through a critical engagement with materiality and its ecological implications. Trained in metalsmithing, I initially worked with reclaimed and recycled materials, creating hand-built objects and sound-based installations.
Over time, I became increasingly aware that even recycled materials remain entangled in extractive systems, prompting a shift in both methodology and material approach.
This transition led me toward bioart and the exploration of alternative, living materials. Working with mycelium, I began cultivating sculptural forms, films, and substrate-like surfaces that grow rather than are imposed, reframing my role from maker to collaborator. This shift also extended into a reconsideration of other materials, including the high energy demands of glass toward lower-impact processes such as clay and ceramic experimentation using local earths and techniques like Obvara firing.
Across these material shifts, my work has moved toward systems that are responsive, relational, and more-than-human, where form emerges through interaction rather than extraction. This trajectory directly informs my current practice, in which biological processes, human bodies, and technological systems are brought into dialogue as co-creative agents.
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Focus
My installations aim to foster encounters that dissolve boundaries between humans and the environment, technology and organisms, reminding us that creativity, like the natural world, thrives through connection, adaptation, and mutual transformation.
Sound Works: https://www.nanotopia.net
https://www.nanotopia.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nanotopia
Instagram: @MothAntler @nanotopia_net