Mary Babcock is a visual and performance artist deeply interested in the intersection of art and socio-ecological activism, holding mending as a central theme in her work, both as an actual reparative action and as a metaphor for personal and social change. Disparate in form, the unity in her work stems from her focus on process and materiality and her examination of the metaphorical significance of working with specific materials in selective ways. She is currently Professor in Sculpture and Expanded Practices in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally, has work in significant public collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and multiple US embassies, and has lectured at numerous conferences linking artistic practice, inquiry, and socio-ecological sustainability.