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Artist Statement

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i

am

concerned

with creating

space for stories

of speculative and fictitious

queer bodies, of survivance, and a

sense of place. Prompting questions

of belonging, conflict, and anxiety, my work,

which is made up of an eclectic set of references,

combines both high and low art, criticality with humour,

and paralleled times/spaces with abstract forms and motifs. 

 

With an emphasis on re-seeing what is frequently ignored, I combine overlooked, undervalued, and discarded objects with images and materials that relate both poetically and critically to form a

hybrid visual language that oscillates between gestural expression and strategy of chance.

Intuiting facets of intimacy, control, and the freedom of letting go of total control, the

work [through a process that mirrors an accumulation of associations that are part

of life] is nourished and shaped by personal symbolism, individual and collective

stories of experience, belief, ritual, mythology, social fears and desires. 

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I am concerned with the expressive and behavioural potential of objects, the intrinsic and transformative

 

properties of materials, the continuous semantic metamorphosis, materialization and processes of

 

constant exchange within our environment, and the quandary of contemporary human cycles of 

 

consumption and waste. I create spaces where disparate ideals, belief systems, and narration

 

are put into crisis; challenging my own limits and those of the medium in attempts

 

to move beyond anthropomorphic theories of objectivity and materiality.

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Education

 

2022 – 2024 MFA Candidate (in progress) Painting/ Sculpture

NSCAD University, Halifax,  Nova Scotia, Canada

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2021 BFA w/ Distinction, Major Painting & Drawing/ Minor in Sculpture

Concordia University, Montréal, , Québec, Canada

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1999 Graphic Design Diploma 

Pacific Design Academy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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