Artist : Kate Clark
Title : Rivalry
Medium : baboon hide, foam, clay, pins, thread, rubber eyes, rope
Dimensions : 208  x 92  x 92 cm


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Kate Clark creates sculptures that provoke primal, instinctive responses, inviting viewers to reflect on their own humanity. By stitching ethically sourced animal hides over hand-sculpted human faces, Clark fuses human and animal into a single form — evoking both identification and unease. Her work explores the tension between our evolutionary past and our contemporary selves, suggesting that full awareness of the human condition requires an acknowledgment of our animal inheritance.

Clark lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a BFA from Cornell University and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and has received fellowships from the Jentel Foundation, the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group museum exhibitions across the U.S. and internationally, and is held in public and private collections including JP Morgan Chase, the 21c Collection, and the David Roberts Art Foundation. Clark’s sculptures have been widely featured in the press, and were the subject of a National Geographic documentary filmed in her studio.