"My new works explore connections between bodies, objects, & landforms. Central to the work is the concept of harmony & important questions surrounding contemporary existence & legality. How do we find beauty or balance in a chaotic & often violent world? What kinds of attacks are being waged & how do we survive them? My various series collage fragments together to provide space for alternative bodies & thoughts to exist simultaneously. Familiar & unfamiliar figures float, reach, & walk toward someone or something else. In a similar vein, my sculptures reference abstract limbs that are both human & nonhuman. Each piece is adorned with brightly beaded patches that look like freckles & tumors, while tufts of artificial fur allude to mammals or new life forms. In all, my practice highlights where history, politics, land, & human rights converge."
