Artist Statement

My work explores the intersections of identity, materiality, and the absurd, often blending the deeply personal with the strangely surreal. I investigate the physical and symbolic ways in which identity is constructed, deconstructed, and reimagined. Whether working with unconventional materials like my own blood, staging reptiles in nostalgic human contexts, or fusing elements of childhood memory with sculptural form, my practice is an ongoing dialogue between selfhood and transformation.

I am drawn to the tension between familiarity and estrangement—how something deeply intimate can become distant, and how the seemingly absurd can speak to universal experience. My work frequently engages with themes of nostalgia, the biological body, and non-human identity, using experimentation as a means of discovery. Through layering disciplines such as painting, woodworking, stained glass, and textile work, I create hybrid forms that challenge rigid categorizations of self and other, human and non-human, organic and artificial.