KYLE COTTIER
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This body of work is a response to the essential tension that exists between the concepts of ruin and repair. It represents the gravitational pull of my thoughts and being towards the deliberate interplay of creation and decreation, where their boundaries blur and converge. My sculptures become markers of process rather than space, focusing less on the materials themselves but instead our capacity as humans to shape the world around us. These works are informed by the delicate balance between themes of memory, duration, accumulation, loss, exploring the interconnectedness of our inner and outer worlds. These permeable objects function as borders and conduits, simultaneously dividing the room and revealing openings or windows, engendering a sense of touch and infinite space through their web of patterns and connections.

Throughout these works, I am seeking to address the importance of obfuscating isolation. Every element in these active spaces has a perception of being attended to, emphasizing the use of control within assembly and disassembly. The use of color overtime becomes a pivotal role in the works' duality, challenging preconceived notions of reality and the synthetic. The use of color invites us to question the spaces between the natural and the constructed and invites us to reconsider the boundaries that define our relationship with the ever-shifting world around us.
2025
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THE LIGHT GREW AN EYE TO SEE ITSELF, 2025
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WHY SHOULD OUR BODIES END AT THE SKIN, 2025
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I AM WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN DISTANCES, 2025
2024
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BORROWING SCENERY, 2024
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS RAIN, ONLY RAINDROPS, 2024
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WE DRAW A MAGIC CIRCLE, 2024
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CRUST, 2024
2023
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ALL DAY LONG / WEARING A HAT / THAT WASN'T ON MY HEAD, 2023
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THIS IS HOW THINGS STAND BETWEEN US, 2023
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WOUND-MAN, 2023
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ORB APPEARED IN THE SKY, INTO ORBIT AROUND ME, A DROP, A WAVE, THE SHAPE OF LONGING, 2023
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LOOSELY OR TIGHTLY EVERYTHING FITS, EVEN THE WRIST TO THE ARM, 2023
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WHEN THINGS FALL APART, 2023
2022
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THE HEAD IS IN THE WATER BUT THE FACE DOESN'T GET WET, 2022
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HOW TO MAKE A SNOW ANGEL, 2022
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CARVING A SPACE FOR THE EARTH TO TREMBLE, 2022
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ROUGH TRAVEL FOR A RARE THING, 2022
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THIS IS WHAT THE BODY DOES, 2021
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THIS IS HOW TO THE WORLD WILL END, 2022
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EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE LOUDEST SOUND, 2022
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BASSINET, 2022
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EEYYEEBBAALLLL, 2022
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HOLLOW, HHOOLLLLOOWW, NOT EMPTY, 2022
2021
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GONE FISHIN', 2021
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HELL BUCKET, 2021
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GIMME SOME SKIN, 2021
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WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREES, 2021
2020
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THIS RIVER BENEATH THE RIVER, 2020
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MAGNOLIA, 2020
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BARK!, 2020
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IN THE SHELTER OF THE FOLD, 2020
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SWAN, 2020
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INVISIBLY RETURN / CONTINUUM OF GESTURES, 2020
2019
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FOR WANT OF A NAIL, 2019
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A GESTURE OF SURRENDER, 2019
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ADVERSARY! LIKE A ROARING LION SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR, 2019
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HEAVEN IS EMPTY, 2019
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SOMETHING TOO BIG TO BE SEEN WAS PASSING OVER AND OVER ME, 2019
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ONE TREE IS LIKE ANOTHER TREE, BUT NOT TOO MUCH, 2019
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I WAS A TREE-GOD, 2019
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SOMETIMES I WISH WE WERE AN EAGLE, 2019
2018
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AND IN THE DISTANCE THE PASSING OF A GREAT BLACK CARIBOU, 2018
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IT'S ONLY FOREVER, 2018
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FEARLESSLY NOD AWAY / SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES, 2018
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FROM THE GROUND ITSELF, IN ONE BLUE FIELD, 2018
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HANGMAN, 2018
2017
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AND LOSE MY HEART ON THE BURNING SAND, 2017
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THE ULTRAMEGANATURAL, 2017
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STRIDULATE, 2017
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THE EDGE OF MY HAND, 2017
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TREES LOVE THE NESTS IN BIRDLAND, 2017
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YOU TAKE THIS LOVE, 2017
2015
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HOLDING BACK WHAT I CAN BUT THE POWER IS SO MUCH, 2015
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