About The Artist

Statement

 I’m interested in the study of human behavior, its psychological and emotional impact on society and how society affects the collective and individual consciousness. As an interdisciplinary artist I address these social issues and the human condition with a variety of methods by communicating and questioning intrinsic cultural conceits and notions of value, while often soliciting participation from the viewer. Traditional and non-traditional materials allow me to reconstruct meaning of these materials and objects while shifting through frameworks of time references and fluctuating dual meanings of communication. 

My practice is rooted and influenced by mainly two things: African sculpture and the African American community/traditions where intellect and intuition is synthesized and not mutually exclusive and the practice of using whatever is available to create. These are the spaces which I find most familiar and challenging. 

Currently my work addresses the coded meanings of paper bags and plastic bags by investigating the color casting and class systems of people of African descent, memory, ostracism, beauty, identity, and worth.