ARTIST'S STATEMENT. Visual Artist

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I AM A VISUAL ARTIST CREATING WORLDS OF DISSOLVING FIGURES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, AND MIXED MEDIA.

MY PRACTICE EXPLORES LIMINAL STATES BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS, THE INNER AND THE OUTER. I AM INTERESTED IN HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THEIR INNER EMOTIONAL WORLDS. THROUGH NOISE, OVEREXPOSURE, AND DIGITAL DISTORTION, I TRANSLATE THESE EXPERIENCES INTO VISUAL FORM, WHERE TECHNOLOGY BECOMES PART OF THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF AND AN EXTENSION OF THE HUMAN BODY. IN MY WORK, THERE ARE NO FIXED BOUNDARIES, JUST AS THERE ARE NONE IN THE WORLD AROUND US.

I WORK WITH COMPLEX EMOTIONAL STATES SUCH AS PAIN, CHAOS, AND TRANSFORMATION. RATHER THAN RESISTING THEM, I CREATE SPACE FOR THEM TO EXIST.

BLUE IS THE DOMINANT COLOR IN MY WORK, REPRESENTING MELANCHOLY AND THE INNER WORLD, WHILE ORANGE REPRESENTS BOTH JOY AND CHAOS.

MY WORK INVITES VIEWERS TO ENCOUNTER THEMSELVES, TO RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN LIGHT WITHIN THE DARKNESS, RECONNECT WITH A MEMORY THAT MOVES THEM FORWARD, OR SIMPLY FEEL UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED.