What started as a means to champion the inclusion of marginalized communities, became less of a campaign on inclusive representation and more of an introspective investigation of my identity. As my focus became more legible, the thirst for discovery continued to permeate my practice and manifested through the cutting and manipulation of material.

Working from personal photography and archival imagery allows me to engineer space and time as tools of discovery. In an effort to observe current narratives of identity, as a derivative from experiences and social standards, I carefully consider our relationship with the environment and how much autonomy exists within our experiences.

I make large and immersive collages that forge a distinct visual vocabulary. It is often difficult to establish an artistic voice within a medium that by its very nature, is built upon connection and integration. With an architectural lens, I use a mechanical approach to reconstruct pieces of paper in geometric mapping that sometimes manufactures an imagined world or even distorts the memory of a familiar reality. I intertwine a tapestry of color, pattern, and tonal friction into flat and kinetic compositions, allowing perspective to move the viewer from place to place. It is within this matrix that I disrupt logical sequence of order, punctuating patterns of thought with moments of reflection through an obvious disconnect of images. By interrupting the viewer’s thinking process, I can require the viewer to stop and make sense of what they see. It is within this pause that meaning develops.

Each composition represents a vague, but specific narrative that is further explored by the reciprocity between the physical materials and the viewer. That commutual engagement is a necessary component in fueling confrontation of personal and collective belonging. My work identifies a deeper understanding of personal experiences and the impact they have on our otherness by creating scenes that question how identity as a cultural tool is forged.

My art practice not only observes identity as it relates to the social and political landscape, but indirectly examines the implications of identity construction, with particular attention to the amalgamation of groups and how our individual lenses generate a perceived reality of similar experiences. Through these observations, I explore themes like culture, urbanism, familial dynamics, capitalism, politics, race, and gender.