barrel fired ceramic stoneware, found recycled objects, wood, paper tape, acrylic paint; 34x12x16″
“The Pepper Plant is a work created to represent our potential future, a dystopian world in which we succumb to the pollution that we have subjected nature to. What once was something that provided us sustenance, has become a flesh-eating abomination growing out of the very can that caused its downfall. It is a metaphor for the injustice that is poisoning our planet, and thus, us.”
ARTIST BIO: Brooke Cahill (b. 2004) is an interdisciplinary artist, with an emphasis in drawing and spatial arts, from Florence, KY. Cahill is a B.F.A. candidate in integrative media with an emphasis on spatial arts and drawing from Northern Kentucky University (2026). They have exhibited work in the NKU Gallery (KY) and participated in the Weston Art Gallery Works Art Challenge. They received Best of Show in the NKU Juried Student exhibition.