Artist Statement
I’ve always found myself in a space of curiosity about the discrepancy between what is said, and what is left unsaid. This curiosity has turned to an obsessive interest in people, intimacy, public and private identity, and variations in performance of the self.
Historically, this interest of mine has taken the form of figurative art, with my practice centering around paintings of loved ones in which I utilize the aesthetics of film photography, and high-contrast flash photography in particular, to think about degradation of memory and the reduction of information that stems from of incomplete communication of the self. More recently, I’ve been enjoying exploring social data as a theme, using crossword puzzle motifs and analog viewing technology to evoke the recursive and contextual nature of recalled information, as well as thinking about continuity and discrepancy over large lengths of time.
Printmaking functions as a material metaphor for this incomplete transfer of social information, with the matrix serving as analog for social and cognitive filters that are present in all experiences, from recollection to interpersonal interaction.
Through my work, I explore the filtration of the Self as it passes through the porous membrane between private and public, and invite the viewer to question the limits in their own communication and construction of exterior persona relative to interior self.