As a queer person and a single parent of queer and trans kids, I explore memory, loss and dissociation as necessary elements of survival in this world. I work in sculpture, photography, and film, creating a dialogue between presence and absence that echoes how we are alienated from our world and future.
My memories pile up on the margins of my mind like debris from ancient shipwrecks. I can cast those stories back into the sea, but they will always wash ashore again, again, again, unwanted. I build objects and installations that bring myself into contact with these deserted shores, where I can look down at my abandoned stories and decide whether this is the time that they come back to me for good.
In Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, this country, the world, we are mourning our hopes for the future and reconciling with the present. Ultimately, I create art to make sense of my own shifting world, but also to build a space to commune with others navigating their own landscapes of loss.