Bia Gayotto
Photography
My artworks aim to connect us with the natural environment and reveal the unseen.
Directions to Studio #3 at 33097 Timber Ridge Road, The Sea Ranch: From Hwy 1, turn inland and take Moonraker 1.0 miles up the hill, passing the intersection with Timber Ridge on the left and the "not a through street" sign. 33097 is the 2nd driveway on the left after the intersection, and the last house before the water tower.
Studio Tour Hours
Sept. 5-6
11 am to 5 pm
Open by appointment all year.
Studio closed Aug. 29-30 & Labor Day Monday
I am a multimedia artist and curator whose interdisciplinary practice includes photography, film, and video installations. My work often combines documentation, performance, and collaboration to examine the connectedness between people and the environment.
Since I moved from Los Angeles to a redwood forest on The Sea Ranch in 2020, I've been compelled to make artworks that make the invisible seen. Shifting from an urban to a rural scene had a great impact in my practice, leading me to focus on trees and to explore concepts of environmental art. Since then I’ve extensively researched about tree life, experimenting with new mediums and techniques, including a series of tree “rubbings” to transmit the energy of ancient redwoods, photographic processes to reveal the hidden life of trees, a sculpture designed to hear the forest whisper, and a film to reveal the mycelium network under our feet.
The slide show is of my new series, "Terra Infecta," which combines art and science to honor the loss of cypress trees at The Sea Ranch, which were felled to contain the spread of pathogens.