Mary Mattingly (she/her) is an artist who co-builds sculptural ecosystems that prioritize water, food, and shelter amidst the climate crisis. She is a recipient of support from the Guggenheim Foundation, A Blade of Grass, New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Art Matters Foundation. Her work has been featured at The Bronx Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, Museo National de Belles Artes de la Habana, and profiled in the New York Times and Art21. In 2016, she led Swale, a floating food forest in New York’s harbour, providing foraging access and challenging city regulations. This led to NYC Parks’ first edible park, a 7-acre Foodway in the Bronx. In 2021, with +MoreArt and different watershed communities, Mattingly launched the Public Water campaign, highlighting NYC’s drinking watershed and access disparities. Public Water also included a sculpture that cleaned water in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.