Through installations, sculptures, drawings and cultural happenings, research-based artist Debra Scacco studies the ecological and cultural impacts of human-induced change. By blending academic research with personal narratives, her work highlights histories of land and water and the beings most affected, creating pathways and platforms for public engagement and action.
01 Everything is a Line is Everything / Created for TAAS Art & Language / 2025/26 02 Palimpsest (detail) / Ink and clay on Yupo / 40 x 26 in / 2025 03 Stack, 1944 / Lithograph on paper / 19 x 26 in / 2015/25 / Ed 1 of 20 04 El Río de Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Ángeles de Porciúncula / Ink on mirrored film / 60 x 84 in / 2014 05 A Place Of Water: Streams / Mirror, copper / 11 x 17 x 2 in / 2021 06 Let me need I / Metallic ink on pape / 25 x 32 in / 2014 07 Origins: Los Angeles River 1815/1825 (detail) / Mirror-finish steel, concrete / 2017 08 Shifting Baseline (detail) / Ink, graphite, sand and wax on paper / 17 x 17 x 13 ft / 2025 09 Desert drawings on site / Borrego Springs, CA / 2024