ABOUT
My work as a mixed media sculptor is informed by personal experiences being legally blind and a part of the invisible disability community. In my practice I use a process of molding and casting nontraditional fine arts materials to create multi-sensory performative displays. I’ve experimented in transient castables such as wax, gelatin, and several types of glycerin soap. I choose materials evocative of purification, soothing, and easy digestion. Furthermore, my work focuses on research into disability aesthetics and methods of self-care. Creating a crip visual mythos reflective of my  own anxieties existing under surveillance from the able-bodied. The disabled body/mind is regularly confronted with the demand to conform or just disappear, placing undue pressure to uphold standards of beauty, wellness, and productivity. I choose to push back on that narrative and promote the value of expanding expressions of “human variation” through my meditative production process.

There is a level of discomfort I want to inflict on the fully visual viewer of my work. For example, in cases where I use monochromatic and repetitive assemblage I force an intimate viewing experience. Similar engagement is required for semitranslucent casts like the glycerin soap. Soft sculptures such as “Sleeping Beauty Left Alone” present the opportunity to expand beyond the visual with tactile and aromatic elements. I invite the audience to activate and manipulate its surfaces to become an imprint in the life of the object. In all these instances the onus is on the viewer to treat these representations of the body with care and empathy.

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