Nate Hill's inaugural exhibition at the gallery, The Loop Trail, presents a series of biomorphic wooden sculptures created from locally sourced walnut trees, either scavenged from roadsides or shared by arborist friends. Hill envisions each piece as an "actor" in a role familiar in a forest ecosystem: grazer, producer, decomposer. Together, they connect, create, and play out different scenes within imagined systems and potential futures. Often, they collaborate and work in harmony, but sometimes they get caught in difficult scenarios or spend too much time on one thing. Through their presence in his studio, the actors became co-designers of additional sculptures in the exhibition, made from paper pulp, light, wool, lenses, found objects, and other materials. 

About the artist: Nate Hill’s work spans painting, sculpture, installation, and social practice. Nate is a librarian, artist, and aspiring ecologist. He is a member of the Katonah Museum Artists Association, and his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and Dokk1 (Denmark). Nate was a past affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, past participant in the International Network of Emerging Library Innovators (INELI) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and he is currently a program affiliate scholar at the Engelberg Center at New York University. Nate has a BA from Skidmore College and an MS in library and information science from Pratt Institute.