2024 · Ceramic, welded steel, reclaimed railroad iron, airplane wire, hardware 50x55x70"
Ceramic, welded steel
reclaimed railroad iron
wingspan
wingspan pushes the boundaries of sculptural ceramics to a nearly unrecognizable limit, resembling a huge steel marionette as it hangs suspended inside a welded frame. "I sought to explore the spiritual and emotional elements of my transgender experience, seeking to highlight the body in its capacity to mutate, captivate, antagonize, and baffle. I explore the process of transformation as memory, imagination, trauma and desire map into this body. By showing this sculpture alongside the Archive of Dreams, I hoped to cultivate an intimate space where the divide between self and other could be troubled and replaced with an expansive sense of awe and wonder."
wingspan was first exhibited at Bard College at Simon's Rock for completion of undergraduate thesis, April 2024, advisor Zoey Lubitz, readers Jacob Fossum and Ben Krupka. It was exhibited for the second time at the Berkshire Biennial in November 2024. wingspan earned a debut solo show at Easthampton City Arts, expected June 2026.
drawings, paintings, & photographs
sculpture & ceramics
masks & video
darling darling
sculpture trail of the nameless
structures of use are predicated on structures of thought: the woods as a gallery, this exhibition as a library, or this exhibition as a seed bank. editing structures of understanding. time as a denominator in art. especially in the forest where visual/aesthetic mastery becomes more difficult to micro-manage i encouraged the artists on this project to think of their pieces as "gestures." i wanted to do more than get people to make art then put it in the woods. i wanted to create an environment for creative invention, play, introspection, spirituality even. subversion of normal ways of thinking and making. i am still trying to figure out how to co-create this with my peers.
Thanks to artists Cassidy Clark, Valerie Fanarjian, Elaine Caligiuri, and Emma Waters.
Special thanks to Imogen Parker and Chris Coggins for lovingly forging this trail and building the studio. Thanks also to my professors Ben Krupka and Zoey Lubitz, and the SR Physical Plant employees.
