STATEMENT OF WORK

My work challenges ideologies that pride competition over connection and individualism over solidarity. Instead, I celebrate shared experience and contemplate the alienation fomented by a system that values production over all else. I make objects that are attempts at soothing loneliness and objects meant to spotlight it. I also explore ritual practice as a means of assuaging this suffering. Rituals serve to ground us in the world and connect us to our respective communities. In “The Disappearance of Rituals”, Byung-Chul Han posits that ritual has disappeared with the evolution of neoliberalism and its disdain for anything unprofitable. Though Han believes real rituals are gone, a quick internet search yields thousands of suggested rituals to perform for any number of reasons. In my work, I reflect on these efforts to keep ritual alive and create meaning in a profit-driven world.

As part of my process, I excavate personal history, myths, rituals, and stories for details that I hope will create a connection with the viewer. My interdisciplinary approach involves painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, sculpture, and installation. I make objects that feel familiar but strange, and create fractured scenes that describe loneliness, domestic life, and community.