It all adds up to a single, abstract ‘experience’ of the beauty and power of the mundane phenomena in nature that can only be visible over duration of time. The work is about slow-moving, mysterious but discrete force around us, gradually affecting everything it touches.
Inspiration
Undergraduate WorkMy work before graduate school involved the concepts of impermanence and decay. I worked with materials such as chalk and my hair to highlight these thoughts. The space I meditatively worked with at the time was my bathroom. The drain was the symbolic object through which I analyzed the space and myself. The work eventually evolved into a comprehensive study of the effect of time and age on simple objects, and the juxtaposition between something considered beautiful and the same thing in a different context. I find myself still intrigued with this point of interest and because of it was naturally drawn to my current studio place: a space with a leaking pipe, a rusty bucket and a stain on the ground.
Graduate Work
Looking back now, it seems my interests have not changed all that much. I draw inspiration from my environment, beliefs and personal observations and constantly find connections to a universal representation of life as an ideal Form.”