Christyn Overstake is a contemporary sculptor and interdisciplinary artist. They received their BFA in Sculpture from Northern Arizona University, and MFA in Sculpture from Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi. Born in Kansas, they have lived their adult life in multiple states in the American West, where wilderness, ecology, and sustainability studies informed their development as an artist. They spent some years working in precision metal fabrication in the Pacific Northwest, and this expertise shapes their perceptions of industry, society, and relationship with material and process. They are currently Assistant Professor of Art at East Central University in Oklahoma.
christyn.overstake@gmail.com