Artist statement

I am an interdisciplinary artist working across performance, installation, and book arts media, interested in personal storytelling. My work has covered topics of human intimacy, internal defenses, and the isolating properties of language. Because my work thrives in moments of vulnerability, its manifestations occur subtly and often go unnoticed: a survival kit buried in the ground, a sound recording of whistles tied to a football goalpost, a book whose prints darken and fade to mimic the life cycle of a bruise. I relate to what falls between the cracks, and seek quiet sanctuaries to process the outside world and how humans participate in it.

My technical vocabulary spans music, dance, book arts, and writing. Tedious and repetitive tasks and improvisation are major aspects of my work. Giving and taking is a recurrent theme; I invite people to interact with and contribute to my work, and they receive gifts such as a personalized comic on a paper brick or a letterpressed poem infused with beeswax.

I use found objects, unplugged performances, and sustainable practices that include papermaking from local plants and clothing that would otherwise occupy landfills. The ideas behind each piece dictate its fiber content: text art about insomnia is printed onto pulped bedsheets, and mail art about mountain landscapes is cut from Wyoming sagebrush paper. I recycle my own work, transforming paper bowls into a sonic performance costume, and a spun paper collar into a book object. I create objects, spaces, and performances to find the nature of being human, somewhere between the ephemeral gesture and the living document.