Felicity Machado she/her, born Turlock, CA, USA

Felicity Machado is a multimedia artist whose work is a narrative about technology, nature, and identity. Her work takes the form of glass-ceramics objects, videos, poetry and installation to depict personal relationships with plants and nature’s cycles. Through these narratives and research, Machado aims to discuss the importance of being connected to local ecosystems, having a critical relationship with technology, and understanding one’s own perspective. To contextualize her work, she draws upon her multicultural lens, as a Brazilian-Mexican-American raised in rural California. Felicity Machado believes that it is necessary to strive for a harmonious future between technology, ecosystems, and human involvement. 

Machado received her MFA in Sculpture Dimensional Studies from Alfred University and her BA from the University of California Davis. She was recently awarded the UrbanGlass Studio Residency for 2025-26. Machado was also the Rochester Institute of Technology Glass Studio Artist Resident of 2024-25. She was featured in New Glass Review, No. 44, from Corning Museum of Glass and participated in the Momentum Intersection Program 2023 Cycle with Arts Commission and Toledo Museum of Art.