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STATEMENT OF WORK
My sculptures are inspired by biology, archeology and puzzles. Blueprints of biological intelligence – nests, patterns, songs – are guided by hidden rules, which I mix with small, visual particulars of being human. I am especially drawn to clay, which avoids hierarchies of art-making, but use other materials such as wood, steel and cement.
Recent ceramic sculptures embody the notion of metamorphosis, in which boulders and obelisks sprout horns, spines or teeth, shifting their association with funereal aesthetics to become affirmations of change and growth.
Another ongoing project involves ceramic of teeth converted into jewelry, curtains and games – items intended to entice, reveal, and invite. Each unique tooth borrowed from animals ranging from the hippopotamus to the shark – and stands for the first evolutionary line of defense in predatory survival.
They address the messy process of natural selection – a busy, baroque set of interactions to refine results.
We gentrify the living and non-living entities outside of us, despite being their product: not only should we find ourselves in them, they also need to be pulled out of us.