Eona Gao

Location: New York City, NY, USA

Medium: Sculpture, Ceramics

Open to commissions: No

Contact: admin@fuguegallery.com

My work gives form to emotions I often cannot speak, feelings shaped by living far from home amid uncertainty and change. Through ceramics, illustration, and multimedia, I create organic, otherworldly forms such as ears, buds, thorns, and shelters that explore listening, protection, growth, and vulnerability. Rooted in nature yet marked by tension, the work reflects a longing for connection and belonging while acknowledging displacement and fragility. My practice is an act of quiet witnessing, offering a space where unspoken feelings can be held, shared, and transformed into something resilient and alive.

*Future Forward Feature My work responds to a world shaped by uncertainty, displacement, and ongoing change. Through sculptural forms rooted in nature, I explore how listening, protection, growth, and care might evolve within fragile and shifting environments. The objects I create feel both familiar and otherworldly, reflecting emotional and social conditions of the present while holding space for what is still becoming. Rather than predicting the future, my work remains with it, offering quiet forms of resilience, connection, and shared presence.