Individual Artistic PracticeFor years I've been interested in the physicality of relationship, the bodily dimension that frames the conceptual, psychological and emotional as we engage with others.
This body of work explores this dimension. Materials matter a lot here as hog gut, a bodily matter, is cut, dried and reformed into large sheets. Pieces are cut from patterns and sewn together. NOTE: this page contains personal art. Social practice is on the home page. |
Especially Considering Exposure, hog intestine, silk thread, mixed media, size variable (life sized dress), 2006
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The Gift, hog intestine, silk thread, rice paper,
6 ft x 5 ft x 4 in. |
The StarWomb Project
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Starwomb Project, hand-made felt, sound and mixed media, 10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft., 2011
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video, performance and sound
Mending Broken Hearts consists of the video documentation and artifact from a performance. After the death of a mutual friend, another artist and I pressed ourselves together after painting ourselves with latex. We grieved our loss, reminisced, and kept our hearts together for 2+ hours as an assistant poured additional latex between our bodies. The final installation contains two videos of the performance and the latex piece. Marvin and Me was a performance that was both personal and political. |
Mending Broken Hearts, latex, 2 videos, false wall, dimensions variable. 2008
Above: installation shot. Below: sample video |
Getting it Right, video, exhibited on CRT TV and projection, 2011
Marvin and Me, performance, sound, crushed velvet, size variable. 2005
(in this performance I dance the duration of the exhibition, 3-4 hours to "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye. The sound is coming through the headphones so other can dance with me when they wear the headphones too. Otherwise, it looks like I'm dancing to nothing. |
drawing. painting. mixed media.
drawing and painting have been essential aspects of my practice. |
Love Letter to Akil and Abu Ali, gouache and graphite on Rives with plum bobs and plexiglas, 90 x 82 x 60" 2016
Excavation, charcoal on rives, 42" x 63", 2008
Excavation, charcoal on rives, 42" x 90", 2007 |
untitled, from a painting a day, oil on canvas, 30x30"
Untitled, from the excavation series, charcoal, oil and wax on Rives mounted to board, 44"x 60", 2004
bodies have material outcomes, cyanotype, charcoal, wax, 30 x 40" 2006
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