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Artist books, top to bottom: installation
shot of keys for books featured in grisp,
re-reconciliation unlocked with spread parts,
and a locked version of imcomex, 2019.
Single editions of artist books using various
fiber materials, wood, padlocks and keys.
I work across fields of painting, sculpture, and installation,
with a focused investigation of deviant behavior, labor,
class dynamics, and gender identities. I am particularly
invested in papermaking and papercasting as a means
to explore accumulation and ephemera in process-based
practices. I am engaged with how these topics are
informed by differences between individual, familial, and
cultural memory—therefore: folklore and storytelling
are integral parts of this process. Time based media like
bookmaking and projection help direct the use of narrative
in visual outcomes. As I create, obey, disobey, and
inevitably rewrite the parameters of my projects, rituals,
routines, and rules both structure and rupture my practice.
As a result, documentation and ephemera often
play a more crucial role than a final commodity. Collaboration
is a critical way I think through my practice.
Reaching out to interdisciplinary artists and maintaining
long-term collaborations area gro-unding force in how
I identify as a maker within a larger conversation.
Installation shot of sheer[mir]ror, in collaboration with Madison Vander Ark, 2020. PVC piping, sheer
fabric, blackout fabric, safety pins, chicken wire, flora debris from the Charles River, discarded paper,
wheat paste, spray paint, one-way mirrors and discarded wood studs.