Artist Statement

I am interested in visceral multidisciplinary experiences that assist in building bridges of empathy and advocacy. Through my collaborative performance projects, I have engaged audiences with the use of breathwork, movement improvisation, and cycles that force the viewers to engage in asking and answering new questions. Through my solo photo and video work, I express grief through clown, using the thin veil of absurdity to grant myself vulnerability and play in the face of trauma. I am a firm believer in practice; no process is ever truly “finished”, it only evolves my practice and allows me to learn and grow as an artist.

My work focuses on encouraging tension to make the line between performer and audience malleable. I enjoy evoking the spirit of Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty to hold audiences in distressing cycles that repeat and intensify to climax, and allowing absurdity and reverence to coexist with care.Don’t worry about sounding professional.