Gillian Harper is a sculptor and interdisciplinary artist based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Working with cast metals, steel, wood, found objects, and organic matter, her practice explores environmental systems, material transformation, and memory. Raised along the East Coast, she draws on the landscape’s in(uence to investigate ecological resilience and impermanence. Harper earned her B.F.A. from the University of North Florida and her M.F.A. from Louisiana State University. She is committed to collaboration, with fellow artists and the public, as a means of fostering connection and expanding dialogue through sculptural work.