Here you will find my curated pieces. Scroll for exhibition texts.
Exhibition texts:
Unbroken
2021
Facepaint on skin
This piece is inspired by a Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold called kintsugi (also known as kintsukuroi). The significance of this art is to embrace imperfection. By doing that, you make yourself stronger. It’s a metaphor for healing that really speaks for me, so I felt that creating a piece using that as inspiration would be really powerful. This is similar to one of my past piece in that it’s mainly monochromatic, but I enjoyed this one more because I got to use this beautiful gold color. I think that this piece contributes to my overall message and portrays the idea of self-healing.
Reborn
2020
Facepaint on skin
Inspired by Luchita Hurtado and her I Live, I Die, I Will Be Reborn series. The elements of her work that inspired this piece were line and color. I was intrigued by her use of geometric shapes and vibrant colors in her oil on canvas work. I recreated one of her pieces using facepaint and a match. This piece outlines the impermanence in all things and the acceptance that all things eventually come to an end.
Breakout
2021
Facepaint on skin
With this piece, I wanted to experiment with shape and movement which is something I feel like my other pieces have not focused on. My intent was to use my face as the canvas as opposed to using my features as part of the piece. The lines and shapes interact with the features of my face, but retain the focus. My inspiration was colors and shapes popular in the 70s, namely the monochromatic but vibrant color palettes.
Andromeda
2022
Facepaint on skin
The concept of this piece came from my urge to create the illusion of light and shade using only a value range of a single color. I chose purple because it was another new color for me in my work, and I knew I could smoothly transition from a dark shade of purple in the contours of my face, to nearly white on the high points. The value range you see was created almost entirely through the colors on my face, and only minimally through real highlight and shadow.
Ambleteuse
2022
Facepaint on skin
This piece was inspired by 3 pieces; an oil painting by Monet, another by Théo Van Rysselburghe, and a porcelain tea caddy from 17th century China. All of these pieces were similar in that they depicted scenes of water, so I incorporated that into my own piece by using real water to create the watercolor-like strokes on my face.
Alien?
2021
Facepaint, clay, and latex on skin
Inspired by H. R. Giger, this piece brings a darker tone than my other works. The elements I wanted to include from Giger’s style were color (or lack thereof) and value range. I admire his use of grayscale, but not complete desaturation. I wanted to emulate the way he creates things that are almost human, but are just different enough to make you take a second look and interpret the piece yourself.
Kōhaku
2021
Facepaint on skin
As I was creating this piece, I was inspired by imagery of koi ponds and water. These things have serene and meditative associations, so I brought those moods into the piece with both the work itself as well as the photography. This piece was also an experiment with a predetermined color palette, using colors that I hadn’t yet used in my work. The conceptual aspects of this piece definitely directly influenced my future higher-concept pieces.
Unbroken
2021
Facepaint on skin
This piece is inspired by a Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold called kintsugi (also known as kintsukuroi). The significance of this art is to embrace imperfection. By doing that, you make yourself stronger. It’s a metaphor for healing that really speaks for me, so I felt that creating a piece using that as inspiration would be really powerful. This is similar to one of my past piece in that it’s mainly monochromatic, but I enjoyed this one more because I got to use this beautiful gold color. I think that this piece contributes to my overall message and portrays the idea of self-healing.
Reborn
2020
Facepaint on skin
Inspired by Luchita Hurtado and her I Live, I Die, I Will Be Reborn series. The elements of her work that inspired this piece were line and color. I was intrigued by her use of geometric shapes and vibrant colors in her oil on canvas work. I recreated one of her pieces using facepaint and a match. This piece outlines the impermanence in all things and the acceptance that all things eventually come to an end.
Breakout
2021
Facepaint on skin
With this piece, I wanted to experiment with shape and movement which is something I feel like my other pieces have not focused on. My intent was to use my face as the canvas as opposed to using my features as part of the piece. The lines and shapes interact with the features of my face, but retain the focus. My inspiration was colors and shapes popular in the 70s, namely the monochromatic but vibrant color palettes.
Andromeda
2022
Facepaint on skin
The concept of this piece came from my urge to create the illusion of light and shade using only a value range of a single color. I chose purple because it was another new color for me in my work, and I knew I could smoothly transition from a dark shade of purple in the contours of my face, to nearly white on the high points. The value range you see was created almost entirely through the colors on my face, and only minimally through real highlight and shadow.
Ambleteuse
2022
Facepaint on skin
This piece was inspired by 3 pieces; an oil painting by Monet, another by Théo Van Rysselburghe, and a porcelain tea caddy from 17th century China. All of these pieces were similar in that they depicted scenes of water, so I incorporated that into my own piece by using real water to create the watercolor-like strokes on my face.
Alien?
2021
Facepaint, clay, and latex on skin
Inspired by H. R. Giger, this piece brings a darker tone than my other works. The elements I wanted to include from Giger’s style were color (or lack thereof) and value range. I admire his use of grayscale, but not complete desaturation. I wanted to emulate the way he creates things that are almost human, but are just different enough to make you take a second look and interpret the piece yourself.
Kōhaku
2021
Facepaint on skin
As I was creating this piece, I was inspired by imagery of koi ponds and water. These things have serene and meditative associations, so I brought those moods into the piece with both the work itself as well as the photography. This piece was also an experiment with a predetermined color palette, using colors that I hadn’t yet used in my work. The conceptual aspects of this piece definitely directly influenced my future higher-concept pieces.