I am a queer artist whose work largely focuses on connection, intimacy, oddities, and dichotomies. I use a variety of materials, letting ideas and concepts dictate the medium. I begin a piece with an idea and then decide what tool would best communicate that idea. Materiality is something I deem necessary in my practice as being able to hold and perceive an object spatially elevates the relationship my work has with its viewers. I particularly love ceramics because of the materials' ability to withstand time. Having a unique voice as an individual means sometimes being silenced or ignored. The permanence of a highfired clay body means my voice can still speak long after I am gone.

Gender identity is a concept I often ponder because I believe it is a different experience for every individual. I often portray my own gender experience as a tragic performance. I am drawn to fabric and paper crafts because these materials are historically not considered to be fine art, because they were used by women for ‘craft’ projects. The complexity of being raised as a woman and experiencing misogyny as someone who doesn’t fully identify with being a woman is something I continue to dissect. My process is driven by a desire to separate identity from experience. The dichotomy between experiencing society as a gender nonconforming person versus the experience that happens internally is something I constantly explore in my work.

Growing up as a neurodivergent, queer person means that I am no stranger to being called weird. As my brain continues to develop, I realize that being weird is something to be cherished because it makes me unique. Existing in the space between being a woman and being something else is a feeling I can only describe as being weird. I use the word endearingly because it allows me to insert myself into a label-bound society in a way that completely rejects that function. I am continuously developing a visual language that emphasizes this feeling and drives me to keep being a weird artist making weird art for weird people.