Artist Profile: Laura Katz Rizzo
Overview
Laura Katz Rizzo is a Philadelphia-based interdisciplinary artist whose work bridges dance, sculpture, and spatial practice. Drawing from her background in performance and movement research, Rizzo constructs sculptural forms that suggest gesture, fluidity, and transformation. Her tactile installations often use repurposed natural materials interwoven with colorful fibers, creating suspended structures that feel both grounded and ethereal.
Modular Kinetic Mobile Portals I through XIV is a series of sculptural works made from fallen branches and hand-wrapped with cotton and hemp rope, yarn, and acrylic pigment. Each irregular shape hovers in tension, casting shadows that shift with light and motion. These portal-like pieces suggest choreography in space—an invitation to move through, around, and within unseen thresholds. Rizzo’s work explores embodiment, ecology, and the quiet force of transition.
Featured Artwork
Bushwick Gallery
Artwork Title: Modular Kinetic Mobile Portals I through XIV
Year of Creation: 2024
Medium: Fallen branches acrylic paint cotton and hemp rope and yarn
Dimensions: Varied irregular shapes
Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Price: Available upon request