artist statement
I wish I could recover only the beautiful memories of my childhood, but when I try to call them forward, painful memories come forward too. My work is both a longing to return to the warmth and innocence of the past, coupled with a desire to reconcile the sadness that lies beneath.
Using handmade and mechanical processes, I construct images from humble resources. I am drawn to found objects and images (marbles, technical diagrams, aquarium pebbles, stickers, marionette puppets, enamel bowls…) and household items (food coloring, cardboard, terrariums, safety-pins, straw…). I stage these kitchen sink elements then work them with photography and design to speak on my ambivalence towards nostalgia.
Isd studio
As a graphic designer and art director, I've worked with a range of businesses including eyewear and apparel brands, media agencies, musicians, artists, chefs and cultural institutions.
Most recently, Evans Wittenberg and I co-founded Questionable Ethics, a journal dedicated to the convergence of psychotherapy/ psychoanalysis and the arts.
We also run an art print studio called Figures on a Landscape.
"Quality Above Everything” is my design ethos, inspired by the legendary Apple Pan restaurant (serving burgers and pies on Los Angeles’ Pico Blvd. since 1947).
b. Los Angeles, CA
lives and works, Los Angeles, CA
2013, MFA, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2008, BA, Media Studies, Pitzer College
Claremont, CA