Traversing a diverse range of mediums, including painting, printmaking, wearable art, audio-documentaries and immersive community driven works and multimedia video installations, I make work that examines the fragility of our existence. The pieces are color and texture rich, featuring stylized human and natural forms. I question the byproducts of American capitalism: mass incarceration, gender expectations, and our ever-tenuous modern relationship with the land.
I believe art is from the people, not handed down by an elite group. I want my work to be accessible to everyone: on the radio, the walls, the street, in galleries, or as interactive community projects. I reject the hierarchical distinctions in art martials, for example may I combine craft paper, old books, found wood, with oil paints, video projection, and wearable art and sanded wood blocks. My color palette is reminiscent of dying plants: muted yellows, deep violets, cool greens, and magentas.
I am inspired by poetry and text focusing on social justice, they inspire me to explore the multifaceted realities of human existence under capitalism in our modern world. I use drawing and painting to communicate narratives, and block printing to explore repetition and tactile qualities. I combine mediums to create stop-motion and digital animation and further manipulate them to create complex visual effects. I use projection in my installations to immerse the audience in a collective experience while addressing issues of inequality through absurdity.
The feminine figure is central to my visual language. I depict the figure both realistically and in stylized forms, often in poses that simultaneously convey vulnerability and power. Recurring motifs also include bones, birds, spirals, hands, and anatomical hearts. I anthropomorphize birds, as an indicator species that shows humans when the environment is deadly, to demonstrate that something has gone wrong in our world. I create costumes and build worlds to emphasize issues that we face. I am currently working on an absurdist bird opera, An Evolutionary Jump, furthering my investigation on how we survive capitalism as humans.
I examine the complex relationships between our modern capitalist society and the natural environment, emphasizing the tenderness and fragility of survival. By highlighting perspectives that are often overlooked or marginalized, I am documenting the delicate nature of life and encouraging thoughtful reflection on societal structures. In my current body of work, I address public access to toilets and housing, basic necessities that have become privileged spaces in our society.