About me and my practice
With roots in New York and London, I am based in California, pursuing a double degree in Art and Political Science at UC Santa Barbara. My interests center around systems that operate beneath the surface, especially the transformative and invisible nature of these processes.
Working across painting, sculpture, textiles, and drawing, I aim to distort perceptions of society by imitating nature through its organic layers of complexity. Intricacy and repetition consume me aesthetically, especially in relation to the distinction between the real and immaterial.
I also look towards art as a reflection of natural rhythms, questioning the sanctity of origins to calibrate my understanding of art as transformation. In a world so preoccupied with itself, I like to turn to my imagination for guidance. Surreal, dreamlike visuals repeat throughout my work as a result of my perception of imagination as a form of truth-telling, or perhaps an escape. In works like Juggernaut and Jack's Room, I distort reality to expose the tensions between safety and surveillance, stressing the surface as both a delicate boundary and portal to investigate perception.
As a member of the UC Santa Barbara Art Honors Program and intern under the AD&A Museum, I am able to immerse myself in a space that acknowledges art as an unfixed, transforming entity.