Artist Statement

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Through sculpture and installation, I explore themes of duality, memory, and the preservation of time. My work involves a diverse range of materials including ceramics, metal, resin, wood, found objects, and video. These materials contribute to conversations around permanence and impermanence. Ceramic is archival and can communicate this power of preservation over time, while metal rusts and can speak to the deterioration of time. Video can capture a moment in time, yet slow it down or speed it up in a way that speaks that alters how we experience time. The materials in my work do a lot of the talking in communicating these ideas that I explore. My sculptural forms are cast fragments of the human body and domestic architecture. With these life-size fragments I preserve and reinterpret the intimate details of lived spaces. These fragments act as vessels for memory, capturing what is both fleeting and enduring. The casting process mirrors memory itself—preserving a moment in time while leaving behind a void, a simultaneous presence and absence.

I am drawn to moments of transition, to the in-between—the spaces where boundaries blur and certainty fades. These moments of transition, such as doors and drains, can be playful metaphors for the balance between interiority and exteriority. My work exists somewhere between strangeness and familiarity, reflecting the complexity of how we experience and remember the world around us. I'm interested in blending physical spaces with psychological spaces. This stems from my episodic sleep paralysis, which is a condition that traps me in a state of paralysis between a sleeping state and a waking state. In these moments in-between consciousness and unconsciousness, I hallucinate my surroundings and the real becomes confused with the imagined. I'm interested in memory for similar reasons. Memory can be unreliable. It is situated somewhere between the real and the imagined. In my sculptures and installations, recognizable forms are transformed into objects that feel both known and uncanny. This duality invites viewers to engage physically and emotionally with the imprints of these spaces, revealing how memory reshapes the familiar and layers it with new meaning, revealing how memory reshapes the familiar and layers it with new meaning.

My sculptures and installations blend these mediums to transform the physical into the psychological and reflect on how memories and perception shape our sense of self and how we preserve the past and perceive the present moment. These works explore the tension between familiarity and the uncanny, encouraging personal introspection and connection to shared human experiences. Through this interplay, I explore how fragments of the past influence our present and how we find meaning in the spaces we inhabit.