BIO
Delia Pelli-Walbert (b. 1999, New York, NY) lives and works between New York, NY, and Chicago, IL. Her sculptural practice cultivates a relationship between past and present, drawing from familial and imagined histories of land and material. She received a BFA with Honors distinction from New York University and has exhibited at various galleries including 81 Leonard Gallery, New York; 80 WSE, New York; ArtsClub DTLA, Los Angeles; Monira Gallery at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City; VSG Contemporary, Chicago, IL; Wirtz Properties, Chicago, IL; and Patient Info, Chicago, IL.
STATEMENT
I seek to create structures for progressively overwhelming networks of information. Hordes of data describe precise qualities of life: temperature, character, timestamp, geolocation - this information must reside somewhere. I build frameworks for such intangible systems, referencing the architecture of cities and their association with containment and inhabitation. I often return to the poetic idea of spolia, the remnant of a previous building foundationally integrated into new architecture, entwining the dual timelines in a singular structure