Artist Statement

My practice focuses on human-plant relationships. I imagine my work as earnest world creation. I oscillate between sincerity and irony, connection and disconnection, Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism. Humor and sincerity act as lubrication to engage with the seriousness of human-created climate chaos. I am pursuing the failure of the utopian dream; while maintaining the hope that lives within it.  Failure here is not defined by the ability to reach a certain goal but as an opportunity to look at utopia from the other side.

I revolve around creating moments of connection and understanding. My practice begins with my research interest in natureculture and delves into the personal stories of those I encounter. My work is both ethnographic and descriptive of my own self journey into the non-human.