Being a catalyst for social change and awareness is the backbone of my practice. How we treat our fellow humankind guides the direction of our culture, society, and country. My work operates as simulacra for American culture by embracing satire and pop culture through installations, sculpture, and drawings. Reflecting society back upon itself, the work aims to be an accessible vehicle of social commentary in an ever expanding and connected world. The goal of my practice ultimately is to initiate change by propagating connectivity via comedic objects, finding common ground within diversity.
Comedy is the great equalizer. Jest and laughter make the work accessible to a diverse audience, adding an entry point to charged topics. Bright colors, rich textures, and exaggerated forms add an approachability to serious subject matter. Comedic objects are jokes that never lose their novelty or gravity, making their conversations continuously relevant. Challenging commonplace notions of success, the work juxtaposes the mundane with pop culture and excess. Gold, bling, children’s toys, hashtags, and used building materials produce an air of ghetto fabulousness. The work displays the constant struggle to achieve an idealized vision of success that lacks substance, cheapening the idea of wealth obsession in American culture. Perceptions of Value, as it applies to material goods vs. our fellow humankind, is at the core of my practice.
Formally, my practice plays with the liminal space between sculpture and drawing. In a work where line is physical and form becomes flat shape, there is no single inherent discipline but a symbiosis of design elements traveling through various media. Developing a visual language outside of the constraints of a creative discipline is central to my work. It echoes the interconnected nature of our current technology, and relatability within the human condition. My choice in mixing flat and three-dimensional media acts as simulacra of our contemporary world. The work reflects society back onto itself, questioning relevance and moral aptitude.
Comedy is the great equalizer. Jest and laughter make the work accessible to a diverse audience, adding an entry point to charged topics. Bright colors, rich textures, and exaggerated forms add an approachability to serious subject matter. Comedic objects are jokes that never lose their novelty or gravity, making their conversations continuously relevant. Challenging commonplace notions of success, the work juxtaposes the mundane with pop culture and excess. Gold, bling, children’s toys, hashtags, and used building materials produce an air of ghetto fabulousness. The work displays the constant struggle to achieve an idealized vision of success that lacks substance, cheapening the idea of wealth obsession in American culture. Perceptions of Value, as it applies to material goods vs. our fellow humankind, is at the core of my practice.
Formally, my practice plays with the liminal space between sculpture and drawing. In a work where line is physical and form becomes flat shape, there is no single inherent discipline but a symbiosis of design elements traveling through various media. Developing a visual language outside of the constraints of a creative discipline is central to my work. It echoes the interconnected nature of our current technology, and relatability within the human condition. My choice in mixing flat and three-dimensional media acts as simulacra of our contemporary world. The work reflects society back onto itself, questioning relevance and moral aptitude.
