Biografia
Liminality is central to my work. I constantly explore connections, transformations, boundaries, paradox, and the fuzzy edges of definitions. Sometimes this manifests in the medium (such as the sculpted canvases), but more often it comes through in the concept (as in Identity Tapestry). Recently I am exploring the connections which we share as human beings and the definitions we place on ourselves and each other. This draws me to icons, narratives, social labels... all the ways we define things and try to explain them to one another.
These explorations take me over a great deal of conceptual territory. I am a multifaceted person with a wide array of experiences to draw from and my work is accordingly multi-faceted. Like many contemporary artists, I do not limit my materials. I choose what best suits the concept, historical reference and sensory experience for the piece. Nor do I restrict my work to a self-brand-style. That said, certain threads weave back and forth through my work over the course of years.
Process is very important to me. Sometimes it is an internal exploration, sometimes it involves research. In the case of interactive work, part of that research is talking to strangers to get perspectives and reactions outside my own sphere. I consider it part of making a truly participatory piece.
My ideal is creating work which is not only visually engaging, but which gets people to think new thoughts about things that may be background noise, to challenge the defined. I strive to make art which is a mirror with something new in it- if only because of the perspective. To that end my work is almost always deliberately open-ended. I want people to engage in it with their own story, to see their own world, but in a new way. It is not about imposing my own view so much as it is about inspiring a dialogue.
