ARTIST STATEMENT
Hypnotized by consumption, 21st century waste production further expands—as does people’s ignorance. Being a transdisciplinary artist, I study this by-product of modern civilization through elaborate, sculptural paintings. Utilizing discarded things, my work constructs abstract environments from oil and found materials to retell the lives of junk and debris. With a background in architectural design, my practice is born from art and architecture. In time, I have grasped that despite designers’ intentions, architecture remains a catalyst of social and environmental damage. Moreover, the industry has grown complacent. Further pulling back the curtain, my artistic practice reconsiders every object that passes through my hands, wondering at its lineage and predicting its impact. I explore physical relationships tying people to the environment and emotional strains chaining modern society to materialism.
Material-driven, my artistic process begins with a hunt. Searching closets, curbs, and waste cans, I obtain material from forgotten places. Artworks are conceived during this reflective ritual and initiated by crafting a material palette and responsive composition. Process becomes personal to each, but alternating layers of two and three-dimensional media remain a crucial tie amongst the artworks. Arranging these layers like an architect arranges space, I accentuate movement, solid, void, line, and volume.
From Robert Rauschenberg’s Combines to Sarah Sze’s installations, my work builds upon an evolving history of artists creating at the intersection of art and everyday life. Presently, as products are mass-produced and shipped across oceans, the materials of everyday life must be considered beyond individual experience. Take clothing – not simply fabric or fashion – it is sourced material, industrial product, and eventually cast-off. My work creates space in which people reflect upon their role in our material world.
Territory (Detail Image). October 2023. Acrylic, newspaper, scrap fabric, white glue, oil pastel, chalk pastel, wire mesh, palette scrapings, yarn, key chain, and paper mache on wood frame. 40 x 40 x 3 inches.
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EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS
August 2023, TITLE Magazine, Issue 007
April 6th - May 4th, 2023, Group Exhibition, Creative Failures
Robert A. Deshon and Harl J. Schlater Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, OH
Robert A. Deshon and Harl J. Schlater Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cincinnati, OH
August 2022, Self-published Magazine, VV Magazine Issue 01: The Place Issue
Self researched, written, and designed, The Place Issue explores race, gender, and sexuality in the built environment.
Access here: https://issuu.com/voicevisionmagazine/docs/online_publish_print
Self researched, written, and designed, The Place Issue explores race, gender, and sexuality in the built environment.
Access here: https://issuu.com/voicevisionmagazine/docs/online_publish_print
October 10th - 23rd, 2022, Group Exhibition, RE:VISION
Tabula Rasa Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Tabula Rasa Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
December 2023 - current / Organization Manager / TITLE Mag. LLC / Cincinnati, OH
October 2022 - current / Senior Layout Designer & Writer / TITLE Mag. LLC / Cincinnati, OH
June - July 2023 / Curatorial Intern - Modern and Contemporary / High Museum of Art / Atlanta, GA
January - December 2021 / Professional Intern / CD+M Lighting Design Group / Atlanta, GA
November 2019 - July 2020 / Sales Associate / LOFT Outlet / Woodstock, GA
EDUCATION
B.S. in Architecture / 2024 / University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, OH
Minor in Fine Arts / 2024 / University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, OH