My art practice applies questions about human connectivity to the physical environment. I work in mixed-media, sculpture, photography, installation and sound to examine the rhizomatic nature of relationships that binds communities to the land. Drawing on familial history and personal narrative, my works explore the Hawaiian and Oregon landscape navigating the world between - where culture and nature intersect and balance the other.

My process begins with daily experiences, ordinary interactions and curious observations: the chilly breeze that irritates my asthma, the green moss that grows between sidewalks, the plastic grocery bags stuffed underneath my kitchen sink. I work with both natural and synthetic materials to create poetic tension between the organic and artificial realms. Navigating through themes of memory, loss and mortality, my works visualize the forgotten and unseen moments of our history and entice viewers to take a closer look by examining their place within the physical world.

Robin Cone-Murakami is an artist from Honolulu, Hawaii. She works in sculpture, photography, sound and installation to examine the intimate link between humanity and nature. Growing up in a city expanding within a complex island ecosystem, her work deals with the changing landscape the world faces in contemporary society. She has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout Oregon including McMinnville, Ashland and Portland. Her photographic work has been published recurrently in Creative Quarterly The Journal of Art and Design, including their 100 Best Annual 2014 and 100 Best Annual 2016. In 2018, she was a low-resident artist at Leland Ironworks in Oregon City, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art at Linfield College. She moved to Portland, Oregon in 2017 and is a Master in Fine Arts in Visual Studies candidate at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.