Lab collaborations and carbon capture materials fuel an experimental practice.
New York-based sculptor and researcher Sasha Fishman is expanding the boundaries of traditional craft by turning scientific inquiries into physical form. Her studio practice navigates the intersections of marine biomaterials, toxicology, and energy harvesting, positioning these complex subjects both as sites of critical analysis and as direct mechanisms for sculpting.
Fishman's cross-disciplinary trajectory took shape in part during her time earning an MFA from Columbia University. While there, she actively worked across disciplines by collaborating with scientific laboratories on diverse research areas, including salmon, fountains, and carbon capture materials. Rather than treating science as merely a thematic backdrop, Fishman integrates research materials and ecological systems directly into her fabrication processes, rethinking how sculptural objects can respond to environmental realities.
Her material research and craft innovations have earned substantial institutional recognition across the contemporary art sector. Fishman has been designated a 2026 fellow at Lighthouse Works and selected as a 2026 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Sculpture/Craft. Recognized within residency programs like Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, her evolving body of work demonstrates how makers are stepping into research laboratories to discover new mediums, challenging conventional approaches to sculpture through the lens of biomaterials, toxicology, and harvested energy.
Fishman's work highlights an evolving frontier in craft where laboratory research directly informs material fabrication. By sculpting with marine biomaterials and carbon capture elements, she demonstrates how contemporary makers can engage with environmental and toxicological science through physical form.
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