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from the department of the interior…
My artmaking is an expedition into nature, the cosmos and consciousness, probing the depths of the universe and at the same time looking inward. Paper is a primary material. It is a medium for storytelling – a container for thoughts and feelings, serving as a bridge between perception and the external world. I’m drawn to the imprint as a physical memory embedded within paper and its capacity to evoke psychological and emotional experiences.
Compositions explore materiality through interstitial space. Imagery is reduced to particles of repetitive and random form. I use a fundamental language of symbols based on the circle – a molecule, a neurotransmitter, an Ensō – the sacred Zen Buddhist symbol embodying perfection and infinity. I’m attracted to the mystical implications as well as paradox of imperfection and reinterpret the circle in both positive and negative space. I expand the circle’s vocabulary through architecture and color. Burning holes into paper releases form into sculptural space. Map fragments, wires and threads deconstruct personal histories into universal themes of transformation that reflect the ambiguity with which we navigate our surroundings.
In addition, I assemble sculptural installations from the dismembered remains of older artworks. The turbulence of creation is implicit in the materials, which are subjected to labor intensive processes of eradication. My process is both destructive and rehabilitative, involving deforming, unraveling and burning maps, paper and wires that I repair with thread and regenerate with vibrant colors. Retaining residual marks, rips and holes from their preceding incarnations, the fragments are woven into forms that dissolve into nebulous clouds of color and texture. Works remain fixed in a continual state of transition between growth and disintegration.
There is a richly embroidered understory in the act of making and unmaking. Destruction as a means of creation is fully embedded in my process as a way to burrow into the interior of broken form. Each fragment is part of an interrupted story yearning to be interconnected.