Disability
Blind with no light perception. Profoundly hearing impaired with cochlear implant in the left ear and hearing aid in the right ear. Leg brace on left leg. Traumatic brain injury.
Statement
I collaborate and cooperate to construct shared experiences through an interdisciplinary art practice that combines drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, and performance. Having acquired blindness and hearing impairments, I use description and dialogue to intersubjectively (re)construct visual memories, fantasies, and dreams. For example, my memories of admiring Botticelli’s paintings and the sensation of riding a bicycle, my preteen fantasies about Leonardo DiCaprio from Titanic, or my nightmarish dreams of ants devouring broken fruits. My work asks each viewer to become a collaborator in constructing these experiences, which are simultaneously shared and intimate, ubiquitous and autobiographical, interpersonal and personal.
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Birth of Venus (Diptych) 2018
oil, paint, muslim, drywall, wood
64"x57"
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Looking Through the Leaves at Two People Making Out
(Diptych) 2018
oil, paint, cotton, bed sheet, drywall, wood
46"x64" and 48"x72" |
Tandem Bike
2017
earthenware, epoxy resin, acrylic paint
46"x80"x9" |
For Jack (Titanic) 2017
performance, 10-foot diameter wading pool, used paper plates, resin, styrofoam, oil paint, cotton tablecloths, white curtains
Dimensions vary
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Only Dreaming
2018
wood tiles, sugar glass, food coloring, sand, ants
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Only Dreaming
(Detail) 2018
wood tiles, sugar glass, food coloring, sand, ants
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London as a Reclining Nude
2018
ink, wax crayons, newsprint
20.25"x25.75"
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Dancing with London and Looking at the Sun with Your Eyes Closed
2018
installation, paper mache, styrofoam, aluminum, rubber, epoxy resin, nail polish, muslim curtains, turmeric dye, black acrylic ink, oil paint, enamel paint, wax, gold tablecloth
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