Mary Mattingly is an artist who creates work about imagined futures she calls
Proposals. She builds sculptural ecosystems that prioritize access to
food, shelter, and clean water, resulting in large-scale participatory
projects around the world. In 2016, she led Swale, a floating sculpture
and edible landscape on a barge in New York that depended upon water
common law and inspired NYC Parks to establish their first public
"Foodway." Her work has been exhibited at Socrates Sculpture Park, Storm
King Art Center, the International Center of Photography, the Brooklyn
Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Barbican Art Gallery, and Museo Nacional de
Bellas Artes in Havana.