Amanda Taves is a research-based artist whose practice examines systems of exchange, transformation, and care. Her work explores experiences of departure and arrival to consider loss, intimacy, and the instability of time. Through an attention on material and psychological residue, she investigates the everyday rituals and traditions used to mediate grief; processes that generate meaning while often resisting closure.
Working in collaboration with life-sustaining and life-ending organisms, as well as forensic professionals, city officials, and community organizations, Taves considers how physical and social ecosystems shape concepts of legacy and lineage. Her projects foreground the interconnectedness of bodies, environments, and institutions, revealing how transformation is both continuous and unresolved.