Scout Ober makes psychic landscapes and metaphysical maps: objects and images that heal through chiasmic relationship.

Ober believes that rest is generative, and that making is a reciprocal act. Their practice oscillates in seasons that alternate between deep rest and deep work. Their artwork comes into being through relationship, as healing offered to the self and to the world. Each piece withholds, existing between what is revealed and what is obscured.

Ober’s practice is grounded in Reiki and disability justice, shaped by their experiences with late-realized disabilities. They hold a BFA from the University of Minnesota. Their work has been shown in galleries across the state and is held in private collections nationwide.