We are quite the cunning creatures. Constantly stricken with maladies of the body and of the mind, we are burdened; yet we hide our burdens beneath a façade in order to fool the world, and ourselves, from accepting the truth.
Through the use of the figure, I explore the terrains of what is hidden beneath these conjured façades. Neither fully temporal nor fully ethereal, my works imply a state of being. I am taking reference from the disquieting in order to articulate our vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities that remain within each of us – whether we accept them, condemn them, or hide them away – become a solid with a shadow. Woven aluminum mesh is my medium of choice. The nature of this material within a windowpane behaves as an illusion to opacity, allowing our minds to focus beyond it, to what we wish to see. Within my work, you must now focus on what you wish to avoid.