artist statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist and my entire life is following the trajectories of conceptual thought in pursuit of radicalizing connection and humanity.

Color, city, cement, and story were foundation to the initial themes in my work, connecting all of my work to itself. Cinematography set the tone for me in regard to my concept of visual storytelling and it’s connection to color and social-culture. I tried to fuse these two, together in mixed media.

When I started off with this concept of multi-layers—I used depth to tell these stories—each layer standing as its own painting. My earlier works were a collection of street graffiti pop-art, Aztecan, Malian, and Nordic-influenced historical marking locked inside of layers of resin; portraits taking on more surreal forms—morphing out of realistic portrait lines into theory.

My current work is conceptual; exploring a blend of surrealism and abstract expressionism. Current themes of Bauhaus and constructivism inspired geometric shape and form are finding themselves integrated in pieces; both alongside surreal portraiture and abstraction. Encasing elements in layers emphasize floating detail that you have to really engage with in order to notice (much like connection between people). Using lines similar to those found on the blueprints of buildings representing varying concepts unique to each individual work. Environmental installations (like much of my work) circle around themes of disconnection, connection, and humanity.

I am currently creating between two new series entitled ‘Subsist’ and ‘Omnium-gatherum; connect i”. These series explore themes of identity, relation, an individual’s physiological memory, individual life trajectories, and storytelling. These works include environmental installations that challenge the audience to engage, connect, and awaken another layer of their humanity.

My goal with my body of work is to connect people to one another through concept, story, cultural history, and experience while initiating the willingness to participate in dialogue of social culture and our individual role in it.

I hope to bring people closer to themselves by bringing them on as engaged listeners and viewers of others.