Catie Newell stands at the vanguard of spatial artistry, navigating the boundaries between architecture, installation, and material exploration. As founding principal of Alibi Studio and Director of the Digital and Material Technologies MS program at the University of Michigan, Newell investigates the textures of light, darkness, and transformation. Her work, ranging from installations in the Venice Biennale to award-winning urban interventions, focuses on revealing hidden narratives in the built environment through ephemeral, poetic gestures. Newell's practice consistently blurs the familiar and the unfamiliar, inviting audiences to inhabit the charged spaces of transition.