Bio

Scott Gorham is a visual artist and educator based in New York City, whose current artistic practice centers on developing and hosting workshops for children. His workshops integrate sculpture, photography, and digital media to collaborate with participants on larger conceptual projects. Some of his favorite themes are outer space, aliens, and robots, as ways to engage children in questions about identity, challenge them to formulate definitions of home and place, and ultimately cultivate empathy and wonder for the world around them. 

Gorham holds an MA in Art & Public Policy from New York University, an MFA in Spatial Art and an MFA in Digital Media Art from San Jose State University, and a BFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been exhibited internationally in Europe, Australia, and America, at venues such as the Tech Museum of Innovation, Twitter Headquarters, and the de Young Museum. He has delivered numerous artist talks and lectures, including the Edinburgh College of Art about his project at the Callanish Standing Stones and Apple on his research in device-mediated experience.

Scotty has over a decade of experience working with students of all levels. In 2020, he led a series of online participatory performance workshops with undergraduate and graduate students at San Jose State University and New York University, focusing on community wellness through shared identity in collaborative space. In 2021, he collaborated with Greywood Arts and the National Space Centre in Ireland on HELLO FUTURE WORLD, a project that included worldbuilding and sculpture workshops for students in East Cork. This initiative culminated in an exhibition with digital time capsules launched into space. In 2022, he created the MACO Garden, an empathy-development sculpture workshop for middle school and high school students. And most recently in 2023 he founded KID FUTURE LAB, an international artistic exchange program for elementary-age children. To date, KID FUTURE LAB has hosted workshop series in the United States, France, Ireland, and Puerto Rico.