Colleen RJC Bratton lives and works in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from Seattle University with a degree in Visual Arts and Philosophy.

Colleen RJC Bratton’s work is inspired by personal meditation. Through a physical and spiritual communion between her body and its surrounding natural environment Bratton pulls visual, textural and temperature markers. This natural environment takes on many forms: the sun, the cosmos, the garden, the Earth. Communal recordings are then bolstered by research into these bodies’ symbolism, roles within history and their statuses amidst climate change. This information takes shape in Bratton’s biomorphic sculptures and installations. Driven by concept, she works primarily with found materials (fabric, wood, vintage paperweights, glass and paint). The tightness of the stacked fabric, the charring of the wood and the density of the resin paperweights bring in weight and warmth to the physical presence of the sculptures. Her installations provide immersive experiences for viewers to consider routes of empathy between themselves and the non-human life forms surrounding them.