Growing up a broken child has slowly turned me into a broken adult, but I’m confident that this is what fuels my creative world. My work typically balances on a thinly braided tightrope of anger, insecurity, and trauma. However, I’ve been able to force my brain to fire differently when I recall a fellow student saying, “art doesn’t always have to be sad.” That statement has had a huge impact on my practice since 2024 because, deep down, I know that student was absolutely right.

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A large portion of my work is personal and it attempts to deal with repressed childhood memories. I believe my psyche is still trying to process the old while simultaneously struggling to process the new traumas I have experienced as an adult. Leaning back on my young but very wise classmates' statement, I am no longer solely crafting “sad art." My animated works spawn from dark corners but I like to think they are fairly lighthearted. My drawings are obsessively detailed but I’ve started playing with vibrant color. Printmaking is inherently in my blood due to my printing background, yet I have only recently learned to use paper finishes and textures conceptually. In that same vein, paper sculpture has taught me how to suspend my deep-seated fear of judgment and enjoy the process of making. And then there’s photography: my touchstone, my first love, my mother, my father, my best friend – the one I run to when I’m having a hard time making sense of things. I’m currently experimenting with new ways of utilizing photography with my senior thesis project. This brings me to why intermedia suits my needs: it often reminds me of being lost in a new city (exciting times). Mixing medias and navigating unfamiliar streets require conscientiousness, curiosity, inquiry, resourcefulness, and a healthy dose of resilience to get to where you might need to be. You can never be sure which roads are the innovative ones, but they all lead to experience.

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My current work aims to shed light on dark themes: ageism, disassociation, family dysfunction, gender dysphoria, and the state of women’s rights. I may be broken, and my brokenness has always driven me to craft things, but my new charge is to create art that is more about the journey of becoming whole.​