Artist Statement:
I make art to explore and communicate ideas about our social environment. I enjoy experimenting with common subjects in uncommon contexts. Much of my work involves challenging notions of expectation and attachment to identity: The expectation of a red ball is that it is a red ball; the meaning of the red ball is determined by its environment.
While the subjects of my work are often representational, the contextual orchestration allows for an ambiguous and open-ended interpretation of meaning.
There is a certain flux of energy between every piece I make, where elements of one are supported in another. I usually start with an idea that is culled from my daily experiences; things that I think about, things that I witness, or things that otherwise pique my interest.
My work is idea-driven as opposed to material-driven, therefore I do not limit myself to any one particular medium, rather I choose materials that are supportive and reinforce the concept itself.
I may choose to use any one (or a combination) of art-making disciplines. More often than not, I find pleasure in combining media to contrast traditional methods of art-making. At times, it is the material itself that generates the idea. In these cases, I aim to present the material in as honest and as natural a state as possible, showcasing the properties that originally caught my interest.
My current body of work is a culmination of ideas that are rooted in feminist philosophy, deconstruction /reconstruction and a personal revolt against the corporate kitchen (i.e. the Industrial food machine).
This investigation is a direct result of personal life changes that I have made over the last year, but the roots are much deeper. For the last ten years I have been researching propaganda aimed at women, deconstructing the messages therein and repurposing or otherwise reconstructing these ideas into a different context.
With reverence, my work challenges social norms and blind obedience to mass media culture. I aim to show a difference of opinion in a world that is often caught up in the onslaught of a technological miasma by offering a simple, accessible presentation of ideas without pretense and without judgment.