subtleFlux, Shae nadine

Biography
Shae Nadine nom de guerre SubtleFlux is a child of a refugee immigrant and first generation Canadian interdisciplinary artist who leverages bio-scientific techniques with more traditional artistic processes that together bear witness to the fragile nature of our relationship with the environment and our symbiotic interdependence. They have exhibited in NYC, Chicago, the Hudson Valley, Rwanda, Portugal, and Northern Ireland, with forthcoming exhibitions in Colombia and Brazil. They have received numerous fellowships, scholarships, grants, and residencies, most recently they were a Fellow at the Saas-Fee Academy, where they engaged with an international cohort to explore, ‘Art, Apparatus and Neural-Digital Entanglement in Cognitive Capitalism’. Recruited to the longstanding Social Practice Collective The Artnauts in 2024, and a founding member of the IP3 and Hybrid Collectives. They are a 2025 recipient of a NYSCA grant for their work in microscopy sponsored by LIC-A (Long Island City Artists) and a Spring 2025 Fellow at MGC at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, NY. They are founder and Chief Curator of Poche Projects based in Long Island City, NYC.

Artist Statement
My work is guided by the oneness and interdependence of all things, best articulated in the construct of ‘interbeing’ by Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh and explored through insight meditation. Neurons to nebulae, interference patterns on water, in sand, the clouds – all are connected by a single thread, a balanced equation. One pull at this thread unravels all. 

Through sculpture, experiential installations, printmaking, and two-dimensional mediums, I explore our role in the world and the relationship between oneness and antithetical feelings of intimacy/universality, healing/loss, epiphany/dread, accountability/apathy, and humanity/nature.

Inspired by material-driven design, I grow, fabricate, and work with organic materials. I utilize photographic microscopy which draws one into the unseen ‘MicroVerse’, cautioning voyeurs that our future follows the fate of these early sentinels of environmental decline. I believe in creative reuse and accountability for the artist's material footprint.