“Heir” is an intimate shrine-like arrangement conveying the moral dilemma of starting a family in the future. Rabbit motifs allude to the prototypical family fantasy – a fantasy challenged by expensive and unequally accessible systems in place for parents and the burdens bestowed their children. What will our children be exposed to and inherit? What does it mean to be the end of the line in my family, as the last member with the option to extend it? Despite the trials at any given point in human existence, I think it could be more relevant than ever to ask – how ethical will it be to raise kids in the future?

“Amnesia Shrine” is a self portrait embodied as an arrangement of personal belongings that I’d forgotten about, arranged through the perspective of a stalker collecting items that represent me. As I came across these items lost to my past, I was the stalker peeking into fragments of my life.

“Silverware” explores the descent of art forms into decoration as they pass through generations, eventually relegated to the peripheries of daily life. They are repurposed and combined through forgotten pasts. The subject is a placemat from my parents’ house that is a repurposed section of quilt probably made by a distant relative of mine (unknown to me) and the assortment of cutlery in my apartment, pooled by my roommates and ranging in embellishment level.

“Ambidextrous” is a lenticular combination of two headshot self portraits that are completed when viewed from the extreme right and left angles. The title refers to my lifelong confusion over whether I can consider myself ambidextrous for drawing with my left hand while throwing with my right. It is also a reflection to how objects change representation as one ages; the type of pencils themselves becoming an icon for schooling as I’ve graduated to using drawing pencils, and as my practice itself has shifted through phases of drawing, painting, and sculpture.

“Offline” depicts a person looking at their phone, embodying feelings of confusion when consuming digital media.

“Zipper” is an exploration of material ubiquity and its relationship with beauty and fatigue. The zipper itself is abundant, regularly unnoticed and unappreciated despite its utility and emphasis on functionality.

Examination of sidewalk infrastructure in my neighborhood used as a walking and mind-clearing interface.