My work is an abstract exploration of the body and its combined positive and negative implications. Bodies often dictate how we navigate our world, and they inform our own psychological understanding of ourselves as individuals. Bodies—with their cells, their blood, and their lungs—are so natural and beautiful, yet extremely politicized. By abstracting bodily elements in my work, I am muddling the distinction that exists between the grotesque and the conventionally beautiful body, meshing the two in an attempt to redefine what body means to me.

I perceive my work as an extension of my own body. I spill my entire heart and soul into my artwork, allowing myself to channel feelings of anxiety, joy, sadness, abundance, and frustration into my work. I enjoy building, disassembling, creating, and destroying. It’s a meditative process, where I can funnel all my jumbled-up feelings into one place—one singularity. I allow myself to be guided by my materials, and I often find myself rummaging through the endless supply of trash and materials that have made their home on the floor, searching for the things that speak to me. I’m drawn to fragmentation, cellular elements, and pieces. For me they act as microcosms of a bodily mass—they have some greater meaning within the work as a whole, and are indicative of my thought processes and explorations.