Sulo Bee

My work explores the oscillation between reality and otherworldly places, guided by a need to transform my surroundings into enchanting spaces. Parts and pieces of pastel dreams emerge as spectral echoes of semi-corporeal creatures inhabiting an in-between place—a dreamlike mezzanine where these elements intersect with the planes of reality, shaping an alternate realm called SP4RKL3_FiLTH_CL0UD_NiN3.

Through making and storytelling, I actualize each creature with purpose while dreaming of how they contribute to the ecosystem of our etheric world. This process brings clarity, revealing a unique visual language that decodes the elemental resonance of these artifacts and their connection to the world around me.

By growing together with the lore of another world, I reconcile the fragmented narratives I once used to define myself. In doing so, SP4RKL3_FiLTH_CL0UD_NiN3 becomes a space for navigating my queer experience, where effulgent ecologies coalesce to create a place for reconstructing myself in alignment with the creatures that inhabit it.—Sulo Bee

About the artist

Sulo Bee is a creature maker and worldbuilder exploring themes of identity and queerness through an alternate reality called $P4RKL3_FiLTH_CL0UD_NiN3. Their practice merges metalsmithing and ceramic techniques with the scientific process of electroforming, combining traditional making methods and technology. Bee earned their MFA in Studio Art from SUNY New Paltz and their BFA from Texas State University. Sulo is a co-founder of Queer Metalsmiths, where they seek to uplift queer voices in metalsmithing and craft. In 2022, Bee was selected for the Emerging Artist Cohort with the American Craft Council and was later awarded the Marzee Graduate Prize with an invitational residency in Belgium and an exhibition at Galerie Marzee. Bee completed the GEMZ Talent Programme with Current Obsession, culminating with an exhibition at the Nieuwe Instuut in the Netherlands in 2023. They have had solo exhibitions at Brooklyn Metal Works, Fried Fruit Gallery, and Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, and their work has been exhibited at institutions such as MAD, Fuller Craft Museum, R&Company forObjects: USA 2024, and the Handwerk & Design Fair in Munich, Germany, for Talente: Masters of the Future 2025. They were recently awarded the coveted 2025 Bavarian State Prize and were named “best non-basic jewelry” by Rough Cut podcast.