Artist Statement
I work with organic and manmade materials, primarily sourced from natural areas that have been used as dumping grounds. In these liminal places, the line between synthetic and organic becomes increasingly thin. What appears geologic may be upholstered. Steel, if allowed, becomes soil. I’m drawn to things whose substance isn’t immediately clear to me, and the moment when an object defies my expectations cracks open my notions about the nature of the visible world. Through this crack, the reality of the continuity of matter is visible.
This act of searching for material embodies my process as a whole: seeking something whose ultimate form I can’t anticipate. Resignation of control is inherent to my work in the landscape, where nothing is static. In the studio, I have to loosen my grip on the work by facilitating and allowing for processes of growth, deconstruction and transformation. In the editing and presentation of these objects, I aim to share uncanny moments of uncertainty and discovery with the viewer. Often what I make is simply a result of unquestioned action, action asking a question. The answer is the object.