[Working] Artist Statement

Throughout my time working sculpturally, I have persistently been interested in creating a visual language of my own, illustrating ambiguous bodies which are simultaneously familiar yet peculiar. I draw visual inspirations for the forms by considering abstractions of things from everyday life. They are abstracted forms of animals, plant life, and even humans while embodying their own individual senses of agency and expression.

My current work explores themes related to our physical and emotional bodies and the foreignizing nature of the standards they are held to. Bloops represents a speculative species of their own - unapologetic, lumpy bodies which defy classification. Within the framework in which they exist, judgement or stereotyping does not endure. The bloops are lively representations of bodies which hold no category, gender, or direct reference to one thing. They relate to the viewer in indirect ways, the ways in which we wish we could present ourselves more comfortably. They call on these characteristics and bring beauty and playfulness to these unspokens, creating a language of the unknown and helping the viewer be comfortable in it. The bloops are in search of playfulness and empathy from the viewer, things which are too often lacking amongst people today.