Houston, TX, United States
I want to contort nature to transcend its tangible being so that humans empathize with the vast orga...
About the artist
Joined In 2021
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About the artist
Joined In 2021
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I want to contort nature to transcend its tangible being so that humans empathize with the vast organic life fostering a different kind of soul. I want the viewer to experience consciousness in the world in a palpable and immersive manner. I often find and collect plants and dead bugs that I find intricate or frail. Looking at these objects closely to observe the complex details they hide in plain sight is a driving element in my work. I resonate with bark and branches specifically when they show signs of small bugs burrowing and living in them, rocks and stones that have an evident formation process, and the small but intricate compositions of butterflies and dragonflies that have delicate but powerful wings. Through these details, the passage of time becomes visible in the ever changing processes of nature.
A variety of soft and hard materials portray a range of textures and colors. I use found objects, many of which are organic things such as tree bark, feathers, and insects. My installation works explore how the viewer exists in the space with these organic forms. Repeated forms celebrate the seemingly calculated ways in which mathematics play a role in the creation of organic matter. The way in which the world and everything ...
BFA Sculpture, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2016-2021
College of Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2014-2016
Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX (summer program)
2013
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), Houston, TX
2010-2014
Remarque Print Exchange 2023, Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
2023
Gallerium Art Prize Exhibition 2022, Gallerium.art
2022
Remarque Print Exchange 2022, Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
2022
APX Annual Art and Photo Contest, Houston, TX
2021
Ex LIBRIS International Competition and Exhibition, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
2021
Explorations: University of Houston 2020 Sculpture BFA Exhibition, Houston, TX
2020
Memento Mori, Texas Art Asylum, Houston, TX
2018
Universal Split, Senior Show, HSPVA, Houston, TX
2014
You Always Know What to Say, HSPVA, Houston, TX
2014
Collections: Annual HSPVA Juried Works, Jung Center, Houston, TX
2013, 2014
Imprint, Annual Printmaking Show and Silent Auction, HSPVA, Houston, TX
2013, 2014
Summer Program Scholarship Juried Works, HSPVA, Houston, TX
2013
HSPVA Student Performances, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Houston, TX
2013
High Art, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2013
10x5 Travelling Show, Interlochen Arts Academy, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of Arts, Design and Architecture Senior High, HSPVA, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
2013
Dia de Los Muertos, HSPVA, Houston, TX
2012