Statement

Spread across studio practice, public art, and civic engagement, my work involves installations, drawings, sculptures, experimental archives, public interventions. Through this multipronged approach, I encourage viewers to see how the paradoxical relations between humanity, the social landscape, and the natural world are intertwined closely with our future. By immersing viewers in an artificial rendering of our every day, I make the impact of our current human structures, environmental decisions, and economic systems visible.

Through my practice, I use a range of mediums including live plants, drawings, photography, Riso prints, sculpture, and installations to represent the growing artificiality of our relationship with the natural world. To describe the ever-increasing synthetic reality of our modern society, I use plastic materials and an artificial neon color palette.

I use impermanent mediums to reveal humanity's inherent fragility. For example, in the gouache series, "Le Chateau de ma Mere," I juxtapose silverpoint with non-archival neon pigments to express life’s ephemerality. In installation and sculpture, such as "Am I" or "Between You and Me", I juxtapose live plants with vinyl and plexiglass to describe the inexorable, artificial transformations to our natural world. Ultimately, my work is grounded in the Anthropocene era and portrays humanity’s attempt to mold Nature to its own needs.

My earlier work questioned the body and corporeal sensation. Over time, the active inclusion of the audience has become increasingly central to my practice and to the artworks themselves. At present, the artificialization of our inner and outer landscapes are well on their way; plastic particles have permeated all biological structure. By drawing attention to this issue, I seek to initiate conversations that critically assess our impact on the fabric of our world.