About me:
As a graduate of the IU Printmaking MFA program (2020) and a BFA in Printmaking (2017) from Herron School of Art + Design, I am interested in using my own experiences to develop minimal and organizational representations of places.
My goal through this work is to communicate the ability that trauma has to transfer through people and location in a fashion that represents coping.
I purely work in copper etching methods ranging in scale from 5 inches to 4 feet wide.
Place acts as the context and gateway for processing and discussing transgenerational trauma and episodic memory. Through multiple plate etching, the use of line, and minimal color this work asks the viewer to take a break from the speed of contemporary life, slowing down the way viewers’ experiences of the work. The use of repetition and minimal representational imagery accentuates the role of location to memory, creating a ritualistic barrier between maker and viewer. Materials and methods of production play a substantial role in conceptual meaning of imagery. The specific coding of location infers examination of the past and present as well as what is existing and absent. Abstraction disorients the viewer, yet evidence of space and time is conveyed. This work is a platform for the viewer to craft meaning out of lines and value; it speaks to how impactful moments that are replayed constantly in one’s mind adhere to a location.