Poppy Cauchi is a sculptor whose practice transforms the quiet rituals of daily life and the invisible weight of psychological survival into tactile, emotionally charged forms. Drawing from her background in prop-making, she creates sculptures that merge technical precision with a deeply intuitive exploration of dissociation, trauma, and transformation. Her work often reflects a compartmentalised view of the world, filtered through the lens of someone navigating disconnection from their body and mind, rendering the familiar strange, and the mundane profound.

At the heart of her work is the tension between appearance and sensation. Cauchi uses skin-like materials such as silicone and latex to sculpt uncanny surfaces that oscillate between attraction and discomfort. These tactile forms often reference domestic objects : pillows, beds, limbs, fractured or reassembled in ways that evoke fragmented memory and identity. Through mould-making, hair punching, and intricate detailing, she visualises the subtle violence of everyday existence, where inner experience is carefully hidden beneath polished surfaces.

Cauchi is currently developing Sleepers, an ongoing series that investigates the surrealism of sleep and the dissociative spaces we enter when the body is at rest but the mind remains alert. Sleepers examines how safety, intimacy, and trauma co-exist in spaces meant for comfort. The work is rooted in personal experience, but expands through community engagement, inviting others to share how sleep shapes their sense of belonging, displacement, and emotional recovery.

Beyond her studio practice, Cauchi is deeply committed to activism, particularly in raising awareness about non-contact abuse and cyber-crime. She uses her artistic voice to challenge societal perceptions of vulnerability and body politics while advocating for greater awareness and change.