About studioHydrostatic
Taking a creative approach to research that blurs the lines between conceptual art, mad-scientist project and citizen science, studioHydrostatic uses hand-blown glass, digital technology, biological and recycled material to build installations, unique tools and standalone sculptural objects tailored to the mission of ecological problem solving (carbon sequestration, biodiversity encouragement, food production, and ecosystems stabilization, etc.) in site-specific environments.
About us
Photo by Miska Draskoczy
Sarah Max Beck
Artist, Designer and Earth Builder
Sarah@studiohydrostatic.com
sarahmaxbeck.com
B. 1984 Tacoma, WA
Sarah Max Beck’s body of work builds on symbiotic, closed-loop human nutrient systems; redefining waste as resource; and comments, often wryly and self-consciously, on the parallels of current elective human influence on the planet and a parasitic infection of a host.
A background in agriculture became tangled up with a sculpture degree until a creative practice with compost, resource recovery, fermentation, permaculture, and post-consumer plastics all amalgamated into bioart. Beck is co-founder of studioHydrostatic, a collaborative bioart lab in NYC.
Robert C Beck
Artist, aquatic systems, life support design and operations
Robert@studiohydrostatic.com
rcbeck.com
B. 1974 Winter Park, FL
Robert C Beck is a multidisciplinary visual artist working with biological media and technology to create dynamic installations of living art. He is cofounder of studioHydrostatic, a collaborative bioart research duo that has built installations for the Museum of American Glass, NJ; UrbanGlass, NYC; and Brooklyn Fire Proof, NYC. He has been awarded fellowships at Wheaton Arts, and UrbanGlass; and has exhibited his work at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, the Museum of Florida Art, and the Naples Museum of Art. He was a master printer for Flying Horse Editions before moving to Brooklyn where he is currently researching hybrid processes that combine printmaking, photography and cell culture within graphic art.