Art, for me, is a way to project my honest self into the world; neither overt nor hidden. Through my practice, I navigate an ocean of transientness and experiences. I utilize art to capture not only what is obvious but also the nuanced. Each piece is a fragment of myself, making clarity and understanding of my place within the world.
Ephemerality is central to my practice, ephemerality is parallel with pain and trauma that is inflicted upon us, both yet inevitably passing. Just as pain arrives unbidden, shapes my awareness, and eventually fades, so too do the moments and materials I work with. My art seeks to capture this transient nature of existence: trauma brings forth knowledge which intensely grounds my existence of that time, which I manifest into artworks.
Living with chronic irritation from severe eczema, since I was born. I have become intimately familiar with this fleeting, cyclical nature of discomfort. Pain and trauma is never permanent; it comes, it vicerally grounds ourselves in to the present, and it leaves.
This rhythm of arrival and departure shapes my view about impermanence in my work. I gravitate toward materials and processes-like melting ice as did in my work Cross, decaying objects as did in Second Death, or the temporality of performance like the Hedgehog-that embody this sense of passing. They exist for a moment, then dissolve, echoing the way pain and trauma move through my life.
By embracing ephemerality, I acknowledge both the intensity and the impermanence of experience. The visceral and the fleeting coexist in my works, projecting a honest fragments of myself out to the world. In this way, I hopes to make the ephemeral linger just a little longer, inviting others to witness emotional experience found in moments that are, by their nature, destined to pass.
CV