About

I earned my BA in studio art from Bard College in 2015. Currently, I am based in Chicago, where I am pursuing my MFA in fiber and material studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My work references the trans body as a palimpsest, through the marks of transformation and trauma that manifest on it. It deals with the idea of transformation as a necessary and transcendent, but simultaneously painful experience by utilizing the tension between beautiful and disgusting visual elements. This conflict between attraction and repulsion also represents injury and healing. I address visceral bodily experiences at the point where language begins to fail, dealing with, among other things, physical harm to the body, and the injury of forced femininity.

 I explore textiles as a second skin on the body which records the history of the wearer. What many of my materials have in common is pliability and fragility that mimics the flesh. Touch is an essential part of my process, and remains visible in the work as imprints in the materials. I am always in conversation with the materials, at once injuring or harming them, and allowing their nature to shape the work. Recent work has involved techniques including weaving and bobbin lace making.