Statement

In my work, I explore how strong emotions interact with the body. I find that emotional experiences often somaticize physical symptoms like tension, discomfort, or even pain. I often reflect on these felt experiences and attempt to make them tangible. My studio practice allows me to create space for my emotions, process them, express their sensorial effects, and explore facets of my identity in a cathartic and healing way.

I have been crafting objects ever since I was a child. Now, creating ceramic objects feels like the most natural way to execute my artistic visions. My formal attraction to studying naturalistic representation allows me to ground my sculptures in reality, and then push beyond into the surreal. While my works exist as physical objects in our natural world, I want them to appear to defy natural laws, and become almost otherworldly.

Visually, I am drawn to the highly crafted and the uncanny. I find inspiration in many sources, but often I look at Classical and Hellenistic sculpture, contemporary ceramics, horror films, and fantasy video games.