Ariana Tottenhoff
Ariana Tottenhoff
Ariana Tottenhoff (b. 1996) was raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2017. She came to study sculpture, ceramics, metal work, and fashion design at Pratt Institute’s School of Art. She uses multiple mediums to convey exaggerated figurative forms that deal with being in a controlled society, and display a female perspective on modern day experiences.
Artist Statement
This garden is nurtured and kept by hands that are mechanical. These eyeballs individually growing are collectively immersed together and are made for a purpose. They sprout, and when they are ready to be harvested, they are assembled to complete a human figure in the real realm as we perceive. This garden speaks to how we are nurtured to be sheep in a bigger collective. People above us grow normal. When we question their intentions, we sometimes get ostracized. Truthfully, the people that aren’t sheep are people that change the world.