Artist Statement

Social connections keep us afloat in times of hardship and grounded in the world beyond ourselves - loving others and being loved is essential to maintaining our humanness. I examine subjects such as social connectedness, family bonds, isolation, and solitude through the lenses of neurodivergence, chronic pain, disability culture and memory. I use personal experiences with estrangement, loss, recovery, and resilience to investigate the importance of community and social support systems. Through the integration and manipulation of found photos, I excavate the history of disabled embodiment, creating lineages to contemporary disability culture and identity. 

My maximalist aesthetic - packed with bold colors, abstraction, texture and layered imagery - is an expression of my perspective as a disabled, autistic woman. Heightened sensitivity to sensory experiences creates a cacophonous world. And while many others think in some form of language-based monologue, my thoughts are a continuous stream of overlapping images.

I am cultivating an “access-centered art practice” by integrating Disability Justice frameworks and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles into my art; this includes creative approaches to accessibility features, multi-sensory artwork, and interrogations of “normalcy.”