Aporia and her musings, 2026 72 x 42 inches and approximately 18 feet from corner Powder coated steel, plexiglass, safety mirror, brass sheeting, brass hardware, reflective utility cord, synthetic, acrylic and satin fibers, plywood panel, acrylic paint, glass beads, brass and aluminum foil

tara daly

California, USA
Visual
Graduate Fellowships, 2026
University of California - Davis
↗ https://www.tarakdaly.com/

Artist Statement

I weave vividly colorful, symmetrical but imperfect compositions. These patterns feel like echoes of connection, or invitations for collaboration, with mystery. Integrating a variety of synthetic and organic materials with slow and tender labor is a way to contend with my material footprint. I hope my work opens up new ways of seeing and feeling the world, and what our impact on it could be.

While At Headlands

While at Headlands I’ll focus on integrating weaving, ceramics, steel forms and plastics into sculptural metaphors for consciousness and perception. 
“Everything that lives, lives by metamorphosis: a transformative repetition of what has gone before. – Emanuele Coccia”, 2026 100 x 52 x 36 inches Powder coated steel, brass, acrylic, satin, plastic, silk, and cotton yarns
“We cannot avoid becoming other living beings. – Emanule Coccia”, 2026 96 x 40 x 4 inches Powder coated steel, ceramic, wooden, plastic and glass beads, paracord, reflective utility cord, satin ribbons, craft yarn, organic and synthetic fiber, ceramic elements
“We cannot avoid becoming other living beings. – Emanule Coccia”, 2026 96 x 40 x 4 inches Powder coated steel, ceramic, wooden, plastic and glass beads, paracord, reflective utility cord, satin ribbons, craft yarn, organic and synthetic fiber, ceramic elements
“We cannot avoid becoming other living beings. – Emanule Coccia”, 2026 96 x 40 x 4 inches Powder coated steel, ceramic, wooden, plastic and glass beads, paracord, reflective utility cord, satin ribbons, craft yarn, organic and synthetic fiber, ceramic elements