Artist Statement

Through my sculptures I unveil the indescribable relation of flesh and psyche. With intimate and considered references to hand-held domestic objects, I create abstracted forms that allude to the body, informed by personal experiences. In order to materialize this form and bridge the gap between the physical and incorporeal I create bodily iterations with highly laborious materials such as metals, glass, and fibers. Object-turned-beings combine textures of skin, organs, and fragmented limbs with the structures of domesticity such as embroidered pillows, books, and a room divider. I characterize these reclaimed objects as beings that live outside of their original functionality.

These recontextualized forms now exist as a reflection of my own body. The nervous edge between tension and comfort is explored through these forms with familiar visual languages presented in strange new ways. My works become the waiting areas between one point in time and space and the next. In an effort to confront the ever-shifting relationship within myself, I’ve created these structures that resemble this intermediate of organ and entity. By transforming their physical attributes and disrupting their functional properties I blend the line between serving my own desire of expressing personal experience and allowing my work to obtain autonomy.