I am a Chicago based interdisciplinary queer and non-binary artist questioning my own gender experience, building identity, and embracing existence. Growing up I felt isolated, catered to those around me, and didn’t see a future for myself. Now as an adult I am growing out of chronically low self esteem and the symptoms that come along with it like body dysmorphia and substance abuse. My work is to heal, remember that the space I take up is valid and important, and encourage others to do the same. Inspiration and purpose comes from being a part of the vibrant queer community that defies oppression, marginalization, and violence with boundary breaking joy and visibility. 

Similar to the way my mother scrapbooked when I was a child, I collect memorabilia through found objects and captured images that resonate to my sentiments. What imagery I choose centers around how I relate to it and how it fits in a broader cultural context. Drawing from erotic content, flora, minute details of everyday life and self portraiture, I delicately remove and cut selected pieces out of their original context and paste them into new and contrasting spaces with empathy, curiosity and an embrace of the taboo. With these created images I look at reality through different angles and strive to leave a window behind for others to do the same. 

Graphic, direct, and formulaic. “Her Name Was David” is made from a collection of frenetic drawings pasted together in a chaotically organized composition.  Titled after renaming my highschool friend Katie ‘David’ to sublimate my desire for a boyfriend which confused others but made me laugh and conjured acceptance. A famous and lauded image repeatedly drawn in different mediums on various surfaces resulting in a searching amalgamation of various perspectives; like a string of memories stitched together with infatuation and anxiety around the former.