exhibition
Health & Wellness Promotion event
March 21st, 2024
Statement
Over the course of three months, I worked with our team at Health & Wellness Promotion Team & some key WSU employees to transform, contextualize, and design 24 large format posters with data from the 2023 Boynton Health College Student Health Survey Report for a data dissemination event for University students, faculty, and community members.
Human Nature (Upcoming)
Senior Capstone
April 28tH - May 3rd, 2024
Fellow ParticipantsProject Intention
Our show will be an immersive blend of art and consciousness that delves into the interconnectedness between our environment and human existence. The exhibition extends beyond highlighting positive aspects of this symbiotic relationship (mutual appreciation and the inherent beauty that emerges when humanity embraces its connection to the environment), seeking to underscore the negative facets stemming from 300 thousand years of human impact on the environment (capitalist practices and consumerism).
STUDY ABROAD EXHIBITION
MARCH 18TH - 22ND, 2024
Fellow ParticipantsProject Intention
This project not only allowed me to flex a creative muscle in a time when all my classes were primarily cultural studies-based, but also deepened my understanding of gender and cultural complexities outside of a classroom. Exploring themes of feminism, multi-culturalism, and institutional inequality, I grappled with challenging realities like gendered violence and oppression, drawing from the insights of scholars like Braidotti & Mulvey. I confronted tough questions and delved into the impactful protest music of Pussy Riot.
Breadth Online Exhibition
Virtual show & Social Event
April 21st, 2022 | 2 - 4PM
Artists Showcased
Gordon Hall, Alex Baczynski-Jenkins, Salman Toor, Kehinde Wiley, and Hernan Bas
Project IntentionFrom the minimalistic space settings of Gordon Hall to the absurdist situations and settings in which the subjects of Hernan Bas’ paintings find themselves in, queer art has long been focused on the introspective and diversity within the LGBTQIA+ community. Finding solace and community through shared trauma of generational pain, there remain queer artists who speak to the space between the breathing of our environments in and around public locations. The artists were all chosen for a featured online exhibition because of their uncanny ability at capturing this relationship between queer bodies and the space around us.
8x10x4 Film Exhibition
December 3rd, 2021
Fellow Participants
Brittney Huisman, Miles Jachymowski, Ajay Jorgenson
Project Intention"I would like to do an exploratory series of portraits that examines the relationship between identity and genuity. Being authentic, and what exactly authenticity entails, is something that has grown to be an important part of my life in recent years. I would like to take a series of portraits that utilize light and erasure to demonstrate the intersection of being oneself and molding ourselves to fit the needs of those around us. I will work in the studio to take portraits which obscure and distort the faces and the selfhood of those who are being photographed; the features and the faces we recognize each other by are pushed to the background. I would also like to work in the darkroom to alter final images in expressive, tactile ways using double exposure, masking, and potentially trying out some different film soups in a test effort.
For this series, I hope to take most of the portraits in a studio or in a neutral outdoor setting. I would like the portraits to focus on the different ways light and texture interact with the model, maybe including some different transparent materials or textured clothing to further illustrate the conceptual nature of the series."
Show Statement
It can be hard, even seemingly impossible at times, to distance ourselves from a collective and find the balance between our own selfhood and who we are in relation to others. It can be easy to use the people in our lives as sounding boards to mirror, re-mold, and create a temporary identity from others’ expectations. Then rinse, and repeat. Using others’ eyes as a lens to view ourselves leads us to define ourselves solely in relation to the people around us. But this singular way of thinking provides the conclusion that when we have no one, we are no one.
Throughout my life, I’ve struggled with my own ability to reflect upon myself clearly and say- yes, this is who I am. The people who have stepped into my life fluctuate and change and some eventually leave. In this absence, it can be near impossible to reconcile who I am with my direct environment. In my work, I explore the relationship between being oneself and molding ourselves to the space others leave for us and their expectations. The dejection and grief of not fitting within someone else’s needs is a direct result of what happens when we abandon ourselves. I hope anyone who struggles with their identity can relate and find comfort in my photographs.
To feel totally and completely alone is a uniquely individual experience. You are someone, though. Even when you’re alone.
Throughout my life, I’ve struggled with my own ability to reflect upon myself clearly and say- yes, this is who I am. The people who have stepped into my life fluctuate and change and some eventually leave. In this absence, it can be near impossible to reconcile who I am with my direct environment. In my work, I explore the relationship between being oneself and molding ourselves to the space others leave for us and their expectations. The dejection and grief of not fitting within someone else’s needs is a direct result of what happens when we abandon ourselves. I hope anyone who struggles with their identity can relate and find comfort in my photographs.
To feel totally and completely alone is a uniquely individual experience. You are someone, though. Even when you’re alone.