sculpture
Food Pantry #1
Food Pantry is a work that explores food accessibility and insecurity. College students are among the leading demographics that struggle with food insecurity. This piece serves as a maquette for a series of installations that draw inspiration from artists like Andy Warhol and Rikrit Tiravanija and addresses consumption, nutrition, need/greed, accessibility, and much more. The work is set up like a food pantry where guests are invited to take from the shelves what they need and to consume it with the artist adding an element of performance to this sculptural display.
A Comedy of Errors, 2022
This project, A Comedy of Errors (La Banane), was a process in exploration of a new medium in my practice - bronze. Bananas are often used in my art to represent the fickle nature of life which can range from being the "butt" of the joke in our everyday lives or failing at something after some attempts.This work took many attempts to get right as bronze casting is a very involved process from start to finish. Everything from the wax shaping to the gating to the patina was carefully considered and thus difficult to execute.
Bronze with Patina, 6" in length
I'm Lovin' It, 2022
The question am asking the viewer to consider is what the difference is between a cheeseburger with no cheese and a hamburger. That is, which is which wrapper one would put it in: the yellow wrapper or the white wrapper. I used both screen-printing and letter-pressing to achieve my idea by way of photo-emulsion.
Fast food, food tray, food wrappers/cups, diet caffeine free cola, 12" x 16" x 4"
Make Me Beautiful, 2022
In this project entitled, Make Me Beautiful, I was interested in tackling the subject of mental health and suicide. I researched suicide methods and most common ligatures for hanging oneself and attempted to obtain those. For this project, I collected three chairs of different styles and three ligatures. I also added elements like faux marigolds. The work is titled Make Me Beautiful because in my own life, I know that if I knew for sure that I was beautiful to others, and I felt beautiful to myself, that much of my feelings of insecurity and sadness would be resolved. Or at least I think they would. It is a plea to the viewer to please make me beautiful.
Various chairs, ligatures, and embroidery, heights ranging from 6 to 8 feet