is a collaboration between Ryan Bush (b. 1990, Colorado) and Raphael Martinez Cohen (b. 1989, New York City). As a sculptural practice, Ficus Interfaith pursues projects that investigate ingenuity and novelty as it emerges from craft. Their methods and research focus on historical imagery and materials that are ubiquitous to the point of being overlooked or misunderstood. Ficus Interfaith embraces the spirit of collaboration and reuse while reimagining how craft can enter our lives and affect the spaces we create and inhabit. Selected solo exhibitions include In Lieu (Los Angeles), Deli Gallery (New York), and Prairie (Chicago). Selected group exhibitions include “Noplace” at P.P.O.W. Gallery (New York) and “In Practice: Total Disbelief” at SculptureCenter (New York). In 2024, they were visiting artists at Salmon Creek Farm in Albion, California as well as Numano Hashi in Tokyo, Japan.
