Cori Matyas

Dr. Cori Matyas is a geoscientist and visual artist living in Gainesville, Florida. They aim to convey scientific knowledge about Earth systems primarily through sculpture to extend their reach beyond lectures and journal articles. Learning to weld has reignited their passion for sculpture after putting art aside to develop a career as a researcher and teacher. Alongside metal, they infuse clay, paper, wood, and fibers into their artwork. They received their BS in Environmental Geoscience and minor in Sculpture and their graduate degrees in Geography after which they became a professor at the University of Florida, conducting research in and teaching about the atmosphere. Recently, their artworks have been shown at the Working Method Contemporary in Tallahassee, Florida, Cade Museum and Gainesville Fine Arts Association in Gainesville, Florida, Postcards from Utopia organized by the Italy international Center, Arvada Center in Arvada, Colorado, and the Long Island Museum of Contemporary Art in Patchogue, NY.

Trees provide oxygen, water, nutrients, shelter, records of past climates, and a bridge from Earth to sky upon which to dream. As a geoscientist and visual artist, I convey knowledge about environment-human relationships through sculpture This tree sculpture contains recycled paper and discarded metal was used to build the trunk and base. It depicts the evolution of knowledge from images to words to symbols and music and is shaped after the weeping beech tree, providing umbrella-shaped canopies under which to rest and reflect.

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