Artist Statement

I live and work on the unceded land of the Tongva-Gabriellino people, in what is now called Los Angeles, where I was born. I support the Tongva Conservency located in Altadena and encourage everyone to get involved who can.

I think of my art practice as an everyday set of actions. Art is a way to think, to make sense of the often overwhelming nature of life, to heal. Making work feels like a river in which I channel rage and joy, grief and love, until it floats into a form, and I feel seen and connected.

My work takes our growing detachment from nature, the land and its creatures, as an entry point. I am thinking about materiality, AI, injustice, and extraction, the way that capitalism drives corporations to extract at outrageous costs to all beings, the planet and its future, and especially to poor people, women and children, taking none of the responsibility and all the material reward.

Addressing contemporary environmental and political issues found in dominant narratives throughout history, I'm interested in locating the world views that shape/allow injustice, and through these horrors find a way forward. How we can shift our focus away from an oppressive model of domination to one of equity and collective voice, for the sake of all people, animals and the planet.