Katherine Ball

Katherine Ball is a habitat for fungi and bacteria located on planet Earth. Working within environmental and social issues, their practice spans diverse media including water filtration systems, mushrooms, inflatable sculpture, writing, illustration, and social practice. Katherine holds a Master of Environmental Management from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Portland State University Social Practice Program. They are a member of Floating University Berlin and their artwork is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Their book include The Water Runs Through Us: Experimental Water Systems and Practices (adocs, 2025), Not Broken Yet: Life in the Mojave Desert (High Desert Test Sites, 2016), and Utopia Walks Away: Infrastructure in Copenhagen, Denmark (LikeLichen Press, 2016). An amateur in the best sense of the word, Katherine strives to give more energy to our dreams than our fears.