Artist Statement

I am inspired to explore the unexpected combinations of natural and man-made structures, the individual and community, and feelings of dream-like solitude in the context of the world’s vastness. With melancholic stillness, I aim to capture the beauty and intimacy of mundane scenes. Hushed rooms, encroaching trees, flashbacks to moments you forgot existed. The sound that exists in a quiet room: the hum of an air conditioner, the squeak of new shoes, faint breathing in solitude, the loudness and the thickness of silence. Static yet emotionally charged, my work forces a moment of silence and looking from different points of view. 

Ideas flow without restraint, swimming in and out of focus, one thread pulling at another. In my practice, I focus on allowing these fragments to coexist without trying to narrow the ideas down into words. My paintings and collage-like digital art pull ideas apart and reconfigure them to suggest coexisting yet differing relationships. I use layered paint along with overlapped images to add texture to the messy remnants of life. My work allows the viewer to reflect on intimacy and catharsis. Drawing from memories of mental and physical health decline, I am passionate about the reclamation and collection of feelings, centering intangible emotion in my artistic practice. 

My most recent work, Stockholm, includes 53 painted and sculpted tiles enclosed by a bed frame, forming a slide puzzle. The work represents a rearranging of the past and the confusion of memory in looking back at tumultuous times in your life. The piece highlights the mental health crisis that the world experienced as COVID-19 ran rampant, along with the emotional and physical health struggles I fought to overcome, reclaiming and cathartically resolving the turbulent time. This piece is currently on display in the Yale School of Art Gallery, and I invite visitors to reflect on memory and the individual impacts of global phenomena.