STATEMENT OF WORK

I shape metal screen into sculptures that capture the shifting interplay of light, color, and movement. Influenced by the California Light & Space Movement and a background in modern dance, I paint, twist, and fold the screen into transparent forms that react to each other and filter surrounding light. The screen functions as both a transparent boundary and a portal—each layer acts as a participant in the dynamic exchange of surrounding material. Moirés, a direct result of the gridded screen overlap and alignment, activate depending on the viewer’s position. Their checkered and linear patterns move like currents across the faceted layers. As one walks around each piece or redirects the lighting, there are transitions in how composition, shadow, and color are perceived. Overlapped colors blend, shadows shift, and hidden passageways reveal the inner workings of each piece, bridging the sculpture's interior and exterior.

My involvement in dance, where the origins of movement stem from deep inside the body, has had a profound impact on how I engage with my sculptural work. The Martha Graham technique emphasized breath—its inhalation and release—as the wellspring of all movement. I carry this dimensionality and sequence of movement through the inner and outer layers of my sculptures. Forms expand and contract and often appear suspended between states of inhaling and exhaling, or caught, in the gesture of falling and rising. As in a dance, I build on these forms—one leads into another—as they compile and merge into a visual choreography.