Artist Statement

My practice operates as an interdisciplinary inquiry into the mechanics of memory, faith, and the psyche. Drawing upon my background as a trained historian and neurodivergent psychotherapist, my work maps how historical and cultural narratives inform the present-while simultaneously seeking wholeness and numinous connection.

In my solo works on paper, I favor hand-rendered elements. By drawing every collage piece, I engage in a meditative, forensic process of construction. I utilize the biological diversity between biota and contagions as dual allegories: representing both the invasive spread of generational burdens and the subterranean networks of connection that sustain life. This juxtaposition allows me to explore how we are shaped by what we inherit with what we foster as individuals and as a collective.

In my collaborative work with award-winning fiber artist, Erin Shapiro DiManno, we extend this investigation into the social and political through textile art. By deconstructing American flags and ritual objects, we examine the tension between institutional symbols and lived experience.

Ultimately, I aim to provoke a shift in the viewer’s paradigm-not merely to document the fissures of the human condition, but to illuminate the resilience that allows for a more expansive, integrated self.