Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
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STATEMENT OF WORK
My work engages in a critical dialogue between my inner and outer worlds. It allows me to contextualize my life and understand my place in the present. At its foundation, my practice is a mix of affirmation, creation, and interrogation. Memory, myth, and culture shape my practice’s inclination towards symbolism in figuration and landscapes. The autobiographical nature of my practice synthesizes disparate influences into its own world. Cultural signifiers and iconography are embedded in my images, such as puffer jackets, Christ, the Lion of Judah, and one-winged angels. These symbols transpose themes of martyrdom, the politics of streetwear, post-colonial rebellion, and diasporic isolation.
Beautiful things disappear in our world every day. Culture is rapidly being washed away from cultural capitals such as New York. Insular work falls short of engaging with the ultra-violent reality of the crumbling Western world. The worlds conjured in my images confront this reality rather than detach from it. My work is direct and sincere. Representation is not enough. The images I create go beyond the surface level and imagine a better world of empowered people, autonomy, and beauty.