A Sculptor of Discarded Worlds: The Art of Hugo McCloud Hugo McCloud, born in Palo Alto, California in 1980, is a visual artist whose work resonates with the complexities of our contemporary world—a world grappling with issues of labor, geopolitics, and environmental degradation. His journey to becoming a prominent figure in the art landscape was anything but conventional. Raised by artistic parents – his mother, Irene Forster, a landscape designer, and his father, James McCloud, a sculptor – he absorbed creativity from an early age. However, rather than immediately pursuing fine arts educat…