Stephanie Eche
Stephanie Eche, b. Gilbert, AZ, 1986, is a Chicana artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She uses found materials and natural fibers to create soft sculptures and paintings. Eche has held solo exhibitions in Mexico City, MX and in NYC. She has taken part in group exhibitions at Maake Projects in State College, PA, Form and Concept in Santa Fe, NM, Untitled Space in NY, NY, and Site: Brooklyn Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Eche’s work has been written about in Vantage Art Projects, Artsy, Art Spiel, and Hola Cultura.
Eche is the founder and CEO of Distill Creative, where she curates and produces equitable and inclusive public art projects. She is the creator and host of the First Coat podcast, where she interviews artists and creators about art in public space. Eche also runs Eche Verde where she curates experimental exhibitions, pop-ups, and creative events in her home. Eche has been a teaching artist for the Center for Urban Pedagogy, the SU-CASA program in Lower Manhattan, Root Division, and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, CA. She was a Creative Community Fellow with National Arts Strategies and a Healthy Places Network Leader for Urban Land Institute.