ARTIST STATEMENT

When I make sculpture, I’m returning to a world I invented for myself as a child. A place where people make sense. There are heroes, villains, and monsters. Characters with defined roles are much easier to understand than the world I navigate as an adult with complicated relationships, interpersonal drama, and sexual dynamics. I draw influence from the people who are close to me; imagining them in these fantastical archetypes.

In our lives, we put on faces; trying to express what we feel, what others want us to feel, or trying to elicit the right reaction. In the world of my sculptures, I can control the emotions, stories, and interactions that have shaped me by pulling faces that express the full weight of what I could not express in the moment.