Artist Statement

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I create installations that investigate the psychological consequences resulting from abuse of power, societal expectations, and perceptions of norms through symbolic landscapes and subliminal spaces. In doing so, I aim to unveil and disrupt the inadvertent and often unseen violence imposed upon those marginalized by systemic inequities. Inspired by 20th century avant-garde movements and the philosophy of feminist punk culture, my work refuses to maintain a hierarchy of norms for creative expression. Toward this end, I synthesize various methods—performance, installation, animation, printmaking, mold-making, neon-light design, paper sculpture, and gastronomy—to imagine spaces that fuse fact and fantasy, resistance and resilience, humor and hope for the future.