I am interested in flesh as a membrane; the site of negotiation between our inner and external worlds. Through exercise, diet, sexual activity, and clothing, we are constantly brokering deals between various desires that are expressed on our skin. I make work that displays these negotiations. This can include making a sculpture that appears to swell from internal pressure, or from a surface that merges two seemingly opposed connotations (i.e. insectile and beauty queen makeup).
Holes intrigue me because they are punctures in membranes. They expose the frightening fragility of surfaces while also offering proof of the possibility of change. I am attracted to the vessel for its content regarding the womb and secrets, but also as a form in transition: just after one thing and now becoming another. Holes also make us curious to peer into and afraid of what might be looking back out. My work displays the possibilities of change and ambiguity while holding the freedom and terror of them simultaneously.
Education
2021 - MFA in Studio Art
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
2014 - BFA in Sculpture, Cum Laude
Boston University
Boston, MA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 Plastic Scourgery, with Matthew Campbell,
Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2017 Creature Comforts, with Amelia Young,
Lens Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 The Feelers, Gallery 3 at Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
2014 The Brood, Gallery 5 at Boston University,
Boston, MA
2013 Sign, Boston University Hillel House, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 - present
2010 - present
2021 Out to Pasture, 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition,
USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2020 Tight as Leather, Parallelogram Gallery,
Tampa, FL
Birth in Reverse, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
2019 Creative Pinellas 2019 Arts Annual, The Gallery
at Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL
Fall Juried Exhibition, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
Ritual / Natural / Virtual, Carolyn Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
Fang Bang 3, Parallelogram Gallery, Tampa, FL
RULERS, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL
Body Without Organs, Carolyn Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
America’s Majestic Street Cats, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL
Discount Crickets, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa FL
2018 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Exhibition,
The Gallery at Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL
2016 Artists-in-Residence 2016 Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
The Uncanny Home of Our Imagination, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA
Small Show, Godine Gallery at MassArt,
Boston, MA
All Fired Up, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Art 100 Boston, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
MergeArts Boston, Boston, MA
Carnage, exhibition at Sky Castle, Boston, MA
2014 Boston University BFA Thesis Exhibition,
808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Boston University Student Work Exhibition,
808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Day by Day, Gallery 5, Boston University,
Boston, MA
Awards and Residencies
2021 Artist-in-Residence at STARworks Ceramics,
Star, NC
Professional Development for Artists Grant, Arts
Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
2018 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant
2017 Artist-in-Residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts,
New Smyrna, FL
2016 Artist-in-Residence at Vermont Studio Center,
Johnson, VT
Artist-in-Residence at Gallery 263,
Cambridge, MA
2014 Mariana Pineda Award for Sculpture
2013 The Boston University Dean’s Scholarship
2013 The Goldenberg Award for Sculpture