ARTIST STATEMENT
My work, at its core, is an investigation of connectiveness through quietness and experience. I illuminate and transform spaces often related to Nature, Phenomena, and Light.
How can we experience intimacy in vast spaces and vastness in intimate space?
I explore these relationships through:
Making spaces for curiosity and connection, stillness and movement, and both a communal and individual sense of awe
Striping away external noise and inviting people to experience a sense of wonder
Drawing from Japanese concepts like Yugen: building in mystery and subtlety
Attempts to slow the viewer/participant down, physically, in subtle ways
Create room to reconnect and put our humanity in perspective by capturing concepts of community and connectivity from a singular and mindful perspective
Drawings/Collages, Sculptures, and Site-Responsive work develops out of research, and specificity of community, of a space, of the light, and of place. Light plays a large role in my work, but my research the past decade is often a nighttime endeavor. This is the time that lets us slow down and requires quiet, deep looking and sensing. The light becomes specific. The light of particular place and environment also effects out experience of it.
In addition to the light, I’m inspired by the surrounding environment, architecture, location, & context, and seek the curiosity and delight already hidden in a space. The responsiveness comes in 2, particular, forms: First, the work feels like they were already a part of the space or naturally emerged from the spaces. I construct/orchestrate the space making both big and subtle moves, often undetected by the viewer, to make it feel this way. And, second, speaking with and involving community input, building models, locally sourcing materials, and nurturing new relationships underpin the final built work.