ABOUT:
The objects I create satisfy a tactile response I have with various textures, colors, and shapes. Whether I am ripping into upholstery foam or smearing blood and paint, my connection to the raw substances fuels my formal decisions. Mixing traditional, bodily, and synthetic material drives the compositions of both my two dimensional and three dimensional work. I look at my work as a visual record of my body, with my own shapes, gestures, and cells guiding the objects into being. I exert the whole of myself to stuff, wrap, drip, tuck, stretch, and stitch until the materials lose their individual identity. By mixing and matching materials ranging from porcelain to plastic to pantyhose I strive to create an evocative balance which is both familiar and alien; nameable and abstract.
In order to confront the viewer with a candid reflection of my own experiences, I have built my body of work around forms of human anatomy. The vaginal and phallic shapes I utilize, and the ambiguous combination of the two, speak directly to gender and sex. I see the vagina in particular as a potent symbol of the pains and pleasures of being a woman ; The chalice of female power and the ultimate generative portal which even today is taboo to speak of openly. Pairing aggressive, visceral shapes with softer , sometimes even elegant fabrics demands a certain context; one that places the viewer in a vulnerable state of voyeur, looking upon both the recognizable and the foreign. The honest and utter corporeal nature of my work creates a dialogue about bodies, making the viewer conscious of their own being and sexual desires.
EDUCATION:
2015-2017 — Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Sculpture, Masters of Fine Arts
2008-2012 — Rhode Island College, Providence, RI | Sculpture, Bachelor of Fine Arts | Art History, Minor
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 — Speculative Futurisms, Massart x SoWa, MA
2018 — Off Hours, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery, MA
2017
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, MA
The Blue Show, Student Life Gallery, MA
Satellite Studio, Doran Gallery, MA
2016
Traditional Slop, Student Life Gallery, MA
Always Incomplete, Doran Gallery, MA
X,Y, and Z :Gender Understood Through The Art Object, Doran Gallery, MA
The Work Of Being Here, Doran Gallery, MA
Love Your Body, Student Life Gallery, MA
2015
Place Thing Person, Arnheim Gallery, MA
Current Student Exhibition, Tower Monitor Gallery: MassArt, MA
2014 — RIC Alumni Exhibition, Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, RI
2013 — Members Exhibition, Attleboro Art Museum, MA
2012
Rhode Island College BFA Graduate Exhibition, Bannister Gallery, RI
Current Student Exhibition, RIC Student Gallery, RI
Peepshow: A Glimpse Into Female Art, Machines with Magnets, RI
Auction Spotlight Exhibition, Attleboro Art Museum, MA
2011-’09 — Current Student Exhibition, RIC Student Gallery, RI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2020-present // Director of Graduate Programs Exhibitions, MassArt x SoWa Gallery + Doran Gallery
2015-2017 // Graduate Department Docent, MassArt
2015-2020 // Graduate Department Office Assistant, MassArt
2012-'15 // Alex and Ani Hall Art Center Technician/Monitor, RI
2011-'12 // Engaging Visual Arts collaborative (EVAC), Vice President
2010-'12 // Sculpture Studio Student Technical Assistant, RIC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2017
Guest Lecturer/ Demonstration Advisor : Form Study, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Guest Lecturer/ Demonstration Advisor : Paper-making, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Teaching Assistant, Ceramics Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 — Teaching Assistant, Ceramics Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015 — Teaching Assistant, Fibers Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 — Guest Lecturer/ Student Advisor, Sculpture Department, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Moyal, Zohar(Compiler/Editor) RICARTS: Visual, Issue 1, May, 2015 pp. 46 & 47
MEMBERSHIPS:
2021-present // MassArt x SoWa Advisory Group
2016-present // College Art Association
2013-present // International Sculpture Center
2012-’15 // Attleboro Arts Museum