Maxine Leu is an interdisciplinary artist, art educator, and environmentalist from Taiwan, living in the Hudson Valley. Her work focuses on the environment, communication, and identity. She has been promoting workshops about upcycling and recycling that have been inspired by concerns over global warming, waste production, and other environmental issues. Insects Reconstructed is part of a continuous series of assemblage “insects” started in 2014 using found objects. https://www.instagram.com/maxineleu/