ARTIST STATEMENT
Creative process and tactile work are the driving forces that ignite curiosity in exploring my own mind. An introspective navigation in search for memories and experiences that generate a palette of psychological materials in which my hands and eyes manifest into physical form.
Art and the creative process can mean a vast variety of things to individuals. I create because I feel purposeful in my own body when I do. The process of my work belongs to me and the release of “finished” work, surrenders that belonging. It’s a shared experience that, in my hopes, will resonate with someone, and activate or reactivate, affirm or reaffirm their own value in creating; whether for the world to see or for their eyes only.
Manifesting and making is what I know. It’s what swells as confidence in my eager hands. My aim in making isn’t to conform to a trend or to be accepted, rather to experiment and create without constraint; to learn knew skills and broaden my wake. For one day all will sink beneath the surface and it’s my hope for the artifacts I’ve left behind, to be found and continue the sentient intention in which they were created to be.
BIO
Excavator and artifact maker. I aim to extract expressions of every sensory form into visual artifacts. Mediums such as garments, photographs, writings, prints, and found objects are some of the tools I use to interpret the dialogue of my creativity.
Being brought up by very creative and musically talented parents, I was surrounded by the conceptual and operational process daily. In my early childhood my parents ran and operated a wooden toy business and some of my earliest and fondest memories were traveling to different craft trade shows.
Refining my creative innateness brought me down an unconventional higher education path which lead me to London, England where I studied Artifact at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. From that point until now I have shown artwork in galleries, published writings, and even started my own business, Curated Chronicles, Inc.
Currently, I work and reside in Southern California.