All that Consumes Me

Main Gallery
September 19, 2025–January 18, 2026

All that Consumes Me, on view in the Main Gallery, brings together Angeles Cossio, Carolyn Lambert, Joshua Marquez, Lina Puerta, and Marion Wilson, whose use of found and reclaimed materials examines how everyday overconsumption impacts the world around us.

Living in a time of ongoing climate change and rampant Western consumerism has changed many people’s views on capitalism’s role in environmental justice. The question is no longer how to fight climate change but whether we will. Although scientists and activists have proposed many solutions and efforts, corporations and governments have not taken enough action to address and reduce global environmental degradation. Convenience culture makes it easy to disconnect everyday consumerism from its impacts on the global climate crisis. And the tug-of-war between individuals and corporations keeps deferring a basic decision: Who will take responsibility for sustaining the world we share?

The artists in All That Consumes Me depart from the remote, overwhelming doom that climate decline can cause, focusing instead on their local surroundings and recontextualizing found materials to reassert the artist’s role in a charged sociopolitical moment. Here, the artists reimagine consumption as a method to remind us of our complicity, the power of the consumer, and the demands we can impose on corporations.

Working across various forms, locations, and considerations, these five artists assemble tangible aspects of our lives and encourage us to consider the waste created by consumption and its afterlives. The artworks insist on a simple truth: Climate improvement isn’t something we can wish for; it requires a change in practice. By spotlighting the byproducts of the convenience we currently demand, these artists make the costs visible and invite us to adjust our habits, not just our hope.