My work is an orgasmic meeting of painting, mixed media, and iconic symbolism. The paintings live on the surface of the canvas, with heavy brush strokes and foreign matter creating a decadent mix of textures for each viewer to swim through. Think chocolate smeared all over the face, deliciously embarrassing, digging fingers into layers of cake and frosting and sprinkles. The fusion of paint and unorthodox elements like beads, found objects, and glitter create an intersection where I explore and unpack religious trauma, womanhood, and the intimacies of my personal experiences.
Themes within the work center heavily on religious ideas and icons, juxtaposed with secular images. They invoke ideas of meeting God under the club lights on the dance floor, hands wandering to touch his creation, souls being condemned to Hell from birth, and worshipping the rosary between a woman's bosom. The paintings explore the duality that comes with being human, both sanctified and blasphemous at the same instant; marrying rhinestones and oil paint, in a depraved union. These images emerge from immediate experiences and distant memories, bad dreams, and deepest desires, each form representing something I've observed, encountered, and contemplated.
October 2023 to Present
Anthropologie Display Artist in Columbus, OH
May 2022 - September 2022
Associate at The Brickyard at AMACO in Indianapolis, IN
June 2021 - September 2021
Gallery Technician at Blockfort Gallery in Columbus, OH
2023
Small Works at Roy G Biv in Columbus, OH
78th Annual May Show at the Mansfield Art Center in Mansfield, OH
February Group Show at 83 Gallery in Columbus, OH
2022
Surface Level Senior Exhibition at Schnormeier Gallery in Mount Vernon, OH
Juried Student Exhibition at Schnormeier Gallery in Mount Vernon, OH
2021
75th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition at Springfield Gallery in Springfield, OH
MVNU Juried Student Exhibition at Schnormeier Gallery in Mount Vernon, OH
2020
MVNU Juried Student Exhibition at Schnormeier Gallery in Mount Vernon, OH
2019
4th Annual Pop Up Show at Gund Gallery in Gambier, OH
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