About the Artist

Corviid (they/them) began working as a self-taught artist in the Bay Area in 2006 immediately after obtaining and virtually abandoning degrees in Philosophy and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.  Their style is surrealistically macabre; the works contain elements of anatomy, natural history, occult and ritual, sacred and symbolic geometry, architecture and ornamentation. Each work is given a strong philosophical undertone; through their art, they touch on issues of metaphysics, existentialism, death, mathematical archetypes, duality and dialectical monism (duality as illusion), emotion, and our relationship as humans to other organisms, nature, and the universe. They work in a wide variety of mediums such as painting, illustration, sculpture, costuming, jewelry, fabrication, and mixed media. Corviid is also a choreographer and dancer, and director of the fusion dance troupe Ego Umbra.