Nature As A Muse, Carol Sogard

Carol Sogard is a designer, educator, and community engaged artist whose multidisciplinary practice centers on sustainability and material awareness. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, she currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She works primarily with reclaimed plastics, natural and artificial detritus, repurposed textiles, and photographic images to
create installations, collages, and taxonomic arrangements that document and reinterpret everyday waste.

Her design and artwork have been recognized by AIGA, How Books, Print Magazine, Rockport Publishers, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, and the Royal Geographic Society. She has exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the United Kingdom. As a Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Utah; her role as an educator is deeply connected to her studio practice, and both are grounded
in a desire to engage others with the natural world as it has evolved in the Anthropocene.