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My artwork is a vehicle for me to build relationships with individuals, communities, and
cultures around the world exploring themes of tradition, ritual, social structure, interior vs.
exterior and the transience of space in different cultures. I create paintings, photographs,
sculptures, installations, videos and performances in reaction to my research and first-hand
experiences in different locations and situations.
Most recently, I spent two months in Finland creating site-specific woodpile sculptures investigating
how the sparseness of the countryside has influenced Finnish social structure. I
chose to focus on the concept of the woodpile because of its importance not only as a raw
material to Finland, but because of how it has infiltrated every aspect of Finnish life from
traditional folklore to contemporary issues of self preservation. I transformed the wood into
playful/absurd moments, dislocating its function and assigning new relationships through
context and form. The woodpiles spin on merry-go-rounds, become inaccessible forms
marooned on a raft in a lake, and foreign bodies in an urban landscape.