Prints, books, drawings
Printmaking and bookmaking (my primary modes of creation) have a long and integrated history in the formation of democracies and the dissemination of ideas, and is in part why I choose to work in these mediums. I use and research multiple techniques for my work, including silkscreen printing, stone lithography, photolithography, bookmaking, drawing, painting, creative writing, and digital processes. Language and the use of text are integral to my work. This research has taken me in many directions and has the potential to grow and change along with the society that I am studying. Newsworthy events will always remain relevant to the archive.
At the core of my work, I am interested in where desires originate and how our personal desires are informed by and reflect society. How do attitudes on fantasy, desire, and expectation become integrated in our value systems and shape our notions of truth? To explore this, I collect and study mass produced digital and physical ephemera as a way to archive and reinterpret collective action, newsworthy events, and social change.
