Research Catalogue

I am always attempting to work outside structures and systems—to corrupt the way we typically view a situation, person or emotion.  I question the self and society-made structures that exist and why we choose them. By focusing on the clutter and ignored, I draw attention, not only to the spaces that have these characteristics, but also the sense within myself and others to feel cluttered and ignored. 

The decision of how something is valued and who or what is placing value on it has also begun to enter into my work as I begin to question structures of authority and, more specifically,  our willingness to regulate ourselves for the perceived sense of safety.  In many of my previous works, I have reversed the reliability of something considered stable or safe, such as stone and concrete, and exposed it’s fallibility through purposefully destroying them while highlighting the reverse of elements that seem weaker, such as fabric, paper, my own skin and my own emotional state and the fortitude that resides hidden within.

My current work looks at the structures we live in, physically and socially, and the self-constructed limitations we employ within them. I use the landscape to question boundaries, both physical and sociological, in order to understand presumptions about safety, “flock” mentality, and complacency in regard to authority.