Artist Statement

“I use abstracted and uncanny forms combined with ambiguous spaces to depict the self vs. the self by personifying different aspects of the conscious to show dissonance, a dissonance that mirrors the disconnect between our corporality and our subconscious. I situate these forms into environments that may not be theirs to inhabit, creating a sense of uneasiness. I use abstraction and writing to work with and against each other. The notion of abstraction is to exist beyond signification, while words and symbols are tools to signify. Language is a structure, so sound and ingrained into our understanding, that we must navigate and work ourselves into. Once we add the extension of the hand or body to write, our sense of understanding is further abstracted. My work exists in an attempt to partner words with notions that exist outside of what can be expressed. “