Gracelee Lawrence (she/they) makes work that tests the interplay between the intersections
of food, the body, and technology, occupying the transfigurative space between physical
and digital realities. Manipulating her body by merging it with edible plants through 3D
scanning and software manipulation, her sculptures investigate the gendered and
fragmented nature of bodies while navigating the ecological and ethical complexities of
bioplastics, particularly those derived from GMO corn. Growing up on a working tobacco
farm in North Carolina her work naturally questions sustainability narratives, industrial
agriculture, and the compartmentalization of digital and physical spaces, all while staying
grounded in materiality.