Artist Statement

“My artistic process is significantly shaped by the integration of my multidisciplinary background in architecture and sculpture. It informs not only the techniques I employ and the tools I use, but also the consideration I give to structure, form, space, composition, and material. My work is focused on the interconnectivity between the human presence, the built environment, and the natural environment. I also am concerned with waste, consumption and what imprints we leave behind. With these concerns in mind, I collect discarded, found, and gifted magazines and paper, and save colorful paper shopping bags to use as collage material.

I use architectural and domestic imagery in my collage to experiment with composition, space, and narrative. By juxtaposing disparate elements, I create new meanings and invite viewers to question what they are seeing. By shifting the orientation of the spaces or objects and placing seemingly unrelated imagery together, I aim to disrupt familiar visual narratives and/or create new ones.

I see my mixed-media works as a dialogue between the present and the past. From an aerial perspective, some works take on the semblance of rediscovered cityscapes or overgrown gardens, reminiscent of forgotten structures and the tangible traces of human activity. Others might resemble cosmic universes. As one draws closer, a duality emerges. The intricate textures and layers mimic the surfaces of billboards that have witnessed the ebb and flow of information and messages, and the frames of the subway platforms that host a perpetual dance of images and information.”