Evie Hidysmith
Instagram: @w.h.a.t.e.v.i.e
Website: https://www.eviehidysmith.com
Bio: Born and raised in San Francisco, Evie Hidysmith works across media, including textiles, ceramics, and sound. Inspired by the strength and fragility of natural forms, her art reflects on human individualism and collectively shared power. She was musician and artist in residency at The Grove SF and Alchemy Art Center, completed her MFA at SF State in 2026, and is a Graduate Fellow at the Headlands Center for the Arts.
Statement: My work investigates the ecosystems of community - how we are connected to one another, and how these connections inevitably change over time. I’m fascinated by the way natural forms—like lichen and bark beetle paths—create intricate, hidden systems, constructed by many organisms in unison. How has capitalism disrupted our communal symbiosis? How can we re-learn flexible ways of relating to one another, with capacity for change and inevitable rupture? I construct my work with found and recycled materials, often with personal significance. Weaving tapestries with old climbing rope, my dad’s thread, knit textile samples discarded at the dump, or recycled clay — these objects become kin. How can we collaborate and co-create with materials as kin, and with lost loved ones through material? My materials often come from people whose presence I grieve — a great-grandmother who died before I was born, a neighbor who was evicted and had to move away, my dad who I’ve only seen twice in the last ten years. Relating to these objects as kin allows me to collaborate with these lost loved ones, defying linear time. This same kinship relationship extends to collecting and composing with found sounds. Working and collaborating across media allows me to build different types of connections with people and places through a vast array of carefully chosen found objects, sounds, and instruments. My work asks us to pull ourselves closer to one another with honesty and curiosity.
