I’m an artist and writer from Massachusetts. I currently reside in Brooklyn, NY.
My work is quite formal and abstract but I also feel that it’s very emotional and relates directly to how I am in my body and how I navigate the world personally. I think every single thing I’ve experienced and felt and my attitude is embedded in everything I make. For me, making art is a way of living and saying I am here and this is what I do and this is how I see the world and this is how I can make you feel. I have power and agency there.
My influences include post-minimalist sculpture, rock and roll and punk music, psychology, non-fiction writers like Maggie Nelson and Elaine Scarry, and fiction writers such as Clarice Lispector, Chris Kraus, and Mary Gaitskill, as well as many, many artists that I consider to be like my ‘ancestors’.
“When people look at my work I want them to get a visceral feeling, internalizing the sensation that is happening before them. I welcome discomfort or confusion. I want people to physically feel something or to confront something within themselves that they did not expect, tapping into some kind of unconsciousness. It is kind of like a game in that way. I also see some of the work as being humorous and I welcome this response from viewers as well. I love when I am making something and I start to laugh because of how bizarre it is.”