ARTIST STATEMENT
My practice centers on the afterlives of objects as a personal search for the soul. I work primarily with perishable matter and e-waste, creating sculptural reliefs that function as modern reliquaries. The vulnerability of these materials mirrors the conditions that shaped me, and their preservation becomes an active question in the work: What remains when the systems meant to sustain us attempt to break us down?
Formally, my sculptures occupy a space between painting and installation, but rather than depicting decay through painted images, I work directly with perishable materials, allowing their physical processes to unfold in real time. The process is meticulous: arranging, embedding, pouring and curing in layers that hold each element in tension. The works operate like still lifes caught mid-collapse, holding fragments of personal memory alongside fragments of a wider cultural landscape.
I want viewers to encounter the work in a state of suspension, caught between recognition and unease as they search for meaning within materials. The sculptures insist that small, overlooked things can carry disproportionate weight. This practice has also become an act of self-preservation, one that unfolds through shifts in scale and intimacy: immersive installations that operate as living archives alongside precise details that reveal what is fragile up close. By pushing the materials further, allowing them to break, mend, and transform, I am developing a language that can hold both rupture and care with greater fluency.