b. 1994 in los angeles, lives and works in new york city.

email: noahpica [at] gmail [dot] com

instagram: @no___duh

My practice extends from garment construction to perishable food structures. Objects and processes often intermix within the same piece, stemming from a technical background informed by a broad definition of sculpture. The works reflect the multi-hyphenate nature of disparate techniques and materials. 

Two questions orient me: How do we define normal? How do we design normal? Exploring the uniform objects that aestheticize our man-made environments, I wonder how our products influence what becomes ‘normal’. I linger on the prefabricated ones that feel most forgettable: the black office chair swiveling in our corporate jobs, the molded wooden doors hinged in our suburban homes, the collared button-downs hanging in every closet. These objects are so familiar as to be unnoticed, yet their presence is influential. Each comes with a particular design that our bodies, at one point or another, must adapt to. Their uniformity provides us with convenience, but as our products become more ubiquitous, we inch closer toward banal conformity.