artist statement
I am material; an architectural body. My work is a rendering of my experiences- treating my body as if it were my forever home. My arms build the walls, eyes and ears the windows, and in my chest sits an entrance. I sculpt, sew, assemble, collage, and paint to create convergence between body and building.
I hold space for my transgender and non-binary experiences, embracing fluidity and non-conformity. I create psychological landscapes, ripping pages from my journal entries and using expressive, sometimes explosive brushwork. Collections of discarded objects get glued onto paintings, progress reports peek through empty birth control packets, love letters are plastered onto photos. These works are complex, layered, and confrontational. I am my home and my best thing, my body of work is my memoir.
EXHIBITIONS
Unframed Artists Gallery, May 2022
An/Aesthetics Rosekill, 2022
“Unhomely” at Unison Paradies, December 2022
Grain of Salt Magazine, 2022
Por La Luna, April 2023
EDUCATION
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at NEW PALTZ New Paltz, New York August 2020 – December 2023
BFA Painting & Drawing/Psychology Minor
GPA – 3.56, Dean’s List – Fall 2020, Fall and Spring 2022, Spring 2023
KIVUNIM INSTITUTE
Study abroad, focus on (and visiting) international Jewish communities Jerusalem, Israel October 2019 – June 2020
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teacher’s Assistant-Basic Painting-SUNY New Paltz-Fall 2023
Stellar NY-Face Painter-Kingston, NY-January 2023-Present
Assembly Art Journal-Communications-New Paltz, NY- January 2022-May 2023
High Dive Tattoo and Piercing-Apprentice-New Paltz, NY- October 2020-June 2022
Camp Ramah in the Berkshires-Assistant Head Performing Arts- Wingdale, NY-Summers 2018-2021
SKILLS
Paint: Oil, Acrylic, Water
Drawing: Collage, Ink, Charcoal
Hand and Machine Sewing
MIG Welding
Sculpture: Clay, Plaster, Metal
Stagecraft and scenic painting