artist statement
I am confident speaking through the presence of textiles, being moved to create on topics of empowerment, realization, sensation, and fragility. I work to address movements of mental health, sexism, political activism, support of the LGBTQIA+ community, and acceptance of the female and femme queer lifestyle.
I am my art. I feel as though I am very vulnerable with my work, showing sensitivity and care through every element. The art heals me, working through internal struggles; realizing, accepting, processing, forgiving, and passing on.
A strong element to my art is the grid. The power of the grid has held onto me, with Agnes Martin being one of my biggest inspirations, in terms of beauty in the simplicity and restraint. With someone being a person who lives with ADHD, the grid is a strong base, or starting off point. This grid helps me make sense of the world, putting order into place, lining up ideas and thoughts, and setting these feelings into a system of structure, all intersecting (or not) to make their point.
Working in the mediums of fiber and textiles, there is this connotation of womanhood and softness that is brushed off as simple and slow, not given a second glance at, just how I feel in the context of my life; being a femme queer woman artist. The motivation to work in these materials is to comfort and support the quilters and fiber artists before me, and show contemporary audiences that there is nothing wrong about being comforted, and fabric does just that. The presence of the fiber- woven threads; we weave together the threads that bind us as people.
As I continue to develop my textile practice, I am dedicated to being intentional through every step; Fabric choice, process of wrapping myself in the fabric and saying positive affirmations to it, ironing/not ironing, cutting, piecing together, pinning/not pinning, sewing with a machine, hand stitching, hanging up to admire it, and telling it I’m proud of what it’s grown to be. I care about my art, and it cares about me too. I can feel it. It needed to be made, and I helped it get there.
I am my art. I feel as though I am very vulnerable with my work, showing sensitivity and care through every element. The art heals me, working through internal struggles; realizing, accepting, processing, forgiving, and passing on.
A strong element to my art is the grid. The power of the grid has held onto me, with Agnes Martin being one of my biggest inspirations, in terms of beauty in the simplicity and restraint. With someone being a person who lives with ADHD, the grid is a strong base, or starting off point. This grid helps me make sense of the world, putting order into place, lining up ideas and thoughts, and setting these feelings into a system of structure, all intersecting (or not) to make their point.
Working in the mediums of fiber and textiles, there is this connotation of womanhood and softness that is brushed off as simple and slow, not given a second glance at, just how I feel in the context of my life; being a femme queer woman artist. The motivation to work in these materials is to comfort and support the quilters and fiber artists before me, and show contemporary audiences that there is nothing wrong about being comforted, and fabric does just that. The presence of the fiber- woven threads; we weave together the threads that bind us as people.
As I continue to develop my textile practice, I am dedicated to being intentional through every step; Fabric choice, process of wrapping myself in the fabric and saying positive affirmations to it, ironing/not ironing, cutting, piecing together, pinning/not pinning, sewing with a machine, hand stitching, hanging up to admire it, and telling it I’m proud of what it’s grown to be. I care about my art, and it cares about me too. I can feel it. It needed to be made, and I helped it get there.