'We're not on our own': Artist Welly Fletcher explores interspecies relationships, animal intelligence and queer theory through sculpture
Welly Fletcher, who is a sculptor and University of New Mexico assistant professor, with their dog Lenny inside their studio at the Mattox Sculpture Center.
Welly Fletcher, who is a sculptor and UNM assistant professor, in their studio at the Mattox Sculpture Center in Albuquerque.
Welly Fletcher, who is a sculptor and UNM assistant professor, shows off their tattoo she got representing a carved 40,000-year-old mammoth tusk she saw in Germany, inside their studio at the Mattox Sculpture Center in Albuquerque.
Artist Welly Fletcher stands next to their sculpture titled “Standing Sound Costume” as part of their “Inhabitable” series in Fletcher's studio at the Mattox Sculpture Center in Albuquerque.
Chancey Bush/Journal A 3-inch-tall bronze sculpture, “Waves of Time,” featuring artist Welly Fletcher wearing a lion mask.
Welly Fletcher, who is a sculptor and UNM assistant professor, holds a prototype of one of their sculptures.
Chancey Bush/Journal Welly Fletcher’s “Star Wars” figurine collection decorates their studio at the Mattox Sculpture Center.
A lion mask inside hangs on the wall inside Welly Fletcher’s studio at the Mattox Sculpture Center.