About

Duncan Richards (she/they) is her father’s son and her mother’s daughter. An interdisciplinary artist and spiritsmith, blurring the boundary between the material and the mystical. Through sculptural assemblage, digital collage, and mediumship, she conjures vivid imagery that explores the realms between the seen and unseen.

Her visually meditative work invites viewers into realms where esoteric traditions and digital technologies intertwine. Inspired by the legacies of Trans/Queer movements and traditional folk magic, her practice intertwines contemporary art with primordial praxis. Across all her projects, she crafts a world where art is not just an object but an interaction—where spirit and matter speak through one another in a continuous, evolving dialogue.

Duncan’s work has been featured in galleries across New York and in collaborations with the Kolaj Institute of New Orleans and the National Folklore Collection at the University of Dublin.

Artist’s Statement 

My work is as varied as I am. It emerges at the intersection of trans/Queer resistance, folk magic, and artistic praxis, where spiritual futurism takes root in embodied tradition. As an artist and spirit worker, I engage a multidisciplinary praxis shaped by years of study across visual, ritual, and esoteric lineages. This approach informs not only the content of my work but also the methods by which I encounter and collaborate with the unseen. Each piece I create is an alchemical process—a co-creation between myself and the constellation of spirits that populate our shared world. Through this work, I seek to re-inspirit the imagination and invite viewers to experience the felt presence of beauty in both its visible and invisible forms.