“I don’t think I was ever not making work in some capacity,” says artist Calli Moore. She waxes poetic about the feeling of being deeply influenced by her former professor at the University of Iowa, John Dilg, who demonstrated that being an artist can be your life and career. Working with expandable foam, acrylic, resin and fabric in her Broadway Junction studio, Moore’s forms lean toward the grotesque yet beautiful, other-worldly yet ineffably alive. She admits that one of her artistic challenges is finding a healthy live/work/work/work balance. “I have a full-time job, curate art shows regularly, run an online art auction and make my own work. It’s a lot to juggle in this city; I’m not really sure how I’m doing it to be quite honest. But it’s what keeps me going.” Moore recently wrapped up co-curating an interactive sculpture show and music event at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg. On the curatorial horizon are group shows at Deanna Evans Projects in late October, SRO gallery in November and 0.0 Gallery in Los Angeles come February. Meanwhile, amidst all that, “it’s also high time I spend some serious hours in the studio and focus on making my work,” concludes Calli.