Laura Kay Keeling

I (Laura Kay Keeling, she/her/they), am a self-taught visual artist, currently located in Hamilton, ON with a practice that questions notions of the natural world in relation to the human world; how they exist in tandem, and where they separate fr...

I (Laura Kay Keeling, she/her/they), am a self-taught visual artist, currently located in Hamilton, ON with a practice that questions notions of the natural world in relation to the human world; how they exist in tandem, and where they separate from one another. My work encompasses analog photography and video, digital collage, and installation. As a process-based artist with archival investigations, my artwork questions how we form connections with the natural world. I explore the reciprocity of care amongst natural narratives and how one might engage and interact with humans, plants, animals, and nature in the context of care-based relations. In considering how the artist selects and cares for materials throughout the creation of artistic works, I include elements from plants and flowers that I have grown (ie. petals dropped from a flower) or have foraged from other folks' garden clippings. I scan, photograph, press, and repeat when preparing these sourced natural elements and adding to what I lovingly refer to as my archive which has been steadily growing since 2018.