sound of dust
site-specific installation, Hyde Park Art center, 2017;
found chairs, historical veils and ropes, mirror, sod, gold thread
found chairs, historical veils and ropes, mirror, sod, gold thread
detail: sound of dust
chair, oil, graphite powder, rope, mirror, ceramic vessel, soil, plant, gold thread
detail: sound of dust
The Leftovers
site-specific istallation, found chair, elastic threads, found clothing, medical tubing, gold leaf.
returned
bleached and distressed fabric mended with gold thread, 110 x 162 inches
a perfect circle
steel ring, rope, hardware, thread, tension, 2018
a perfect circle - detail
steel ring, rope, hardware, tension, light, 2018
two perfect circles
steel rings, rope, hardware, thread, tension, 2018
sod body
detail: sound of dust
veil/skin
bleached and distressed fabric, gold thread
slight disturbance
site-specific installation
ChaNorth Artists Residency
Pine Plains, NY 2017
found chairs, quartz, gold string, veil, medical tubing, rope, dirt paintings with frames
ChaNorth Artists Residency
Pine Plains, NY 2017
found chairs, quartz, gold string, veil, medical tubing, rope, dirt paintings with frames
it is how it is
Funarary cloth, neon on panel
24x36 inches
2018
24x36 inches
2018
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Staring in disbelief at a half ton of sod covering my studio floor, mostly brown and already composting, all I could do was laugh. In that split second, I realized this structure was simply a metaphor for the wall I had built around my own heart, so I wouldn’t have to feel the pain of loss.
- excerpted from The Fall of the Wall, statement on grief