Ficus Interfaith

Queer Bivalve

Ficus Interfaith is a collaboration between Ryan Bush (b. 1990, Colorado) and Raphael Martinez Cohen (b. 1989, New York City). As a sculptural practice, Ficus Interfaith explores the ingenuity and novelties that emerge from craft. Their focus is on historical narratives and materials that are ubiquitous to the point of being overlooked or misunderstood. Ficus Interfaith embraces the spirit of collaboration and reuse, reimagining how craft can enter our lives and influence the spaces we create and inhabit. Selected solo exhibitions include Nina Johnson (Miami), Deli Gallery (New York), and Prairie (Chicago). Selected group exhibitions include “Noplace” at P.P.O.W. Gallery (New York) and “In Practice: Total Disbelief” at SculptureCenter (New York). In 2024, they were visiting artists at Salmon Creek Farm in Albion, California as well as Numano Hashi in Tokyo, Japan.

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