Lyndsay McKay

Lyndsay is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores ecological attunement, embodied knowledge, and the porous relationships between bodies and environments. Informed by a long career in healthcare, particularly in dementia and end-of-life care, her work approaches sculpture and material inquiry with biological and sensorial sensitivity.

Through processes such as casting, foraging, journaling, photography and sculptural assembly, Lyndsay investigates how memory, place, and lived experience become embedded within materials.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“My practice explores the porous relationships between bodies, materials and environments. Through sculptural processes, such as casting, foraging and assemblage, I investigate how memory, care and lived experience become embedded in material forms.”

Ten Quick Questions

What is the story behind your name? My mom and dad were not expecting to give birth to identical twins. We were a giant, chaotic surprise. Naming us became quite a task. We were known as Baby A and Baby B for weeks before we became Lyndsay and Jennifer.
What is a book you would recommend to a friend? Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval. It’s strange and sensual and a little unsettling in the best way. The book pays attention to bodies, humidity, decay, and intimacy. It talks about how we leak into the spaces we inhabit. It made me think differently about proximity, softness, and what it means to live alongside other forms of life.
What is one of your pet peeves? The idea that being exhausted somehow proves your worth. I call it “performative busyness”.
What is a noise or sound you love/hate? Love: quiet conversation in another room and other kinds of soft murmur that make spaces feel alive. Hate: the sound of someone chewing gum loudly.
What is a smell you love/hate? Love: damp earth, seaweed, clay or anything that smells like the tide just moved through. Hate: artificial “fresh linen” scents.
Where is a favorite place on Earth? A long train ride where you can watch the landscape change slowly through the window.
What is a dream you have? To keep building spaces where people can make things with their hands and remember that they belong to the world around them.
What was an embarrassing moment in your life? Ugh. Calling someone by the wrong name for weeks after already having met them several times. I still cringe about it when I’m trying to fall asleep.
When was the last time you cried? Probably in the car, listening to music. It happens sometimes when everything catches up to me all at once.
What is something most people don’t know about you? Before art and research, I worked for years in dementia and end-of-life care. Being around people at the edge of memory changes how you understand time, bodies, and attention.

Available Artworks

Katy Biele

Juliana Rigol

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