BIO

Academically speaking, I am a geographer. I received my MA in Geography from the University of Washington and spent a summer investigating ideas of belonging and responsibility in post-Katrina New Orleans. Artistically, I believe that my practice stems from my academic background. Places are constantly being created and recreated through the stories of those who have a stake in that space. Stories are messy and personal and full of a lot of conflict with sometimes resolution. So this is what I create: stories – visually compelling stories. Through cardboard and paper and puppets and masks and words and music and movement, I create stories that focus directly or indirectly on ideas of home and belonging. 

INSPIRED BY:

-decades-long relationships
-sunshine
-rainstorms
-the bark of trees
-women in the circus (and bill irwin)
-the frenzied and ecstatic energy that comes from costuming during carnival in New Orleans
-protests

EXPLORING:

ideas of home and belonging
ideas of waste and disposability
what it means to care
visual narratives
audio recordings