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Untitled

$300.00

Untitled, 2025
Cockleburs
9 × 10 × 9 inches

In this uncanny work, Travis Morehead assembles hundreds of cockleburs—a plant notorious for its cling and sting—into the familiar silhouette of a classic teddy bear. What should read as soft and comforting instead bristles with tension, each burr a tiny barb. The piece balances tenderness and danger, nostalgia and discomfort, evoking a childhood form whose surface repels touch. It’s a sculpture that asks: what do we carry forward from our past, and what clings to us uninvited?

Untitled, 2025
Cockleburs
9 × 10 × 9 inches

In this uncanny work, Travis Morehead assembles hundreds of cockleburs—a plant notorious for its cling and sting—into the familiar silhouette of a classic teddy bear. What should read as soft and comforting instead bristles with tension, each burr a tiny barb. The piece balances tenderness and danger, nostalgia and discomfort, evoking a childhood form whose surface repels touch. It’s a sculpture that asks: what do we carry forward from our past, and what clings to us uninvited?

Travis Morehead is a Chicago based artist. Travis was a Fellow at Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists' Residency, and has attended residencies at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, and Monson Arts. Travis has exhibited at venues including Haus Wien (Vienna, AT), Warbling (London, UK), Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL), Slow Dance (Chicago, IL), Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland, ME), AS220 (Providence, RI), among others. Travis graduated with a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA from Northwestern University.