2024
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped archival foam, beads and vintage needlepoint
15 IN x 26 IN x 3 IN
2024
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped archival foam and vintage needlepoint
52 IN x 80 IN x 2 IN
2024
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped archival foam, beads, glazed ceramic, fabric and vintage needlepoint
66 IN x 30 IN x 6 IN
2024
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped archival foam, beads, glazed ceramic, fabric and vintage needlepoint
66 IN x 30 IN x 6 IN
Binocular Viewpoint: Workshopping *Strikethrough* Cultivating A Language of Violence (detail)
2024
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped archival foam and vintage needlepoint
4.25 FT x 6.5 FT x 2 IN
Binocular Viewpoint: Workshopping *Strikethrough* Cultivating A Language of Violence
2024
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped archival foam and vintage needlepoint
4.25 FT x 6.5 FT x 2 IN
2024
Glazed ceramic, fabric, oil on canvas, beads, and plastic rod
24 IN x 7 IN x 4 IN
2024
Glazed ceramic, oil on canvas, fabric, thread, sequins and plastic rod
24 IN x 10 IN x 4 IN
2024
Glazed ceramic, oil on canvas, fabric, thread, sequins and plastic rod
24 x 10 x 4 in.
2023
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped upholstery foam and vintage needlepoint
52 in x 80 in x 2 in
2023
Oil on canvas and textile wrapped upholstery foam, beads and plastic teeth
18 in x 24 in x 3 in
2023
Oil on canvas and textile wrapped upholstery foam
25 IN x 34 IN x 2 IN
2023
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped upholstery foam and vintage needlepoint
15 in x 26 in x 3 in
2023
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped upholstery foam, fabric, thread and 3D printed teeth
15 in x 24 in x 4 in
2022
Oil on canvas and textile wrapped upholstery foam
18 in x 24 in x 3 in
2022
Oil on canvas and fabric wrapped upholstery foam
18 in x 24 in x 3 in
2022
Oil on canvas and fabric wrapped upholstery foam
18 in x 24 in x 3 in
2022
Oil on canvas and fabric wrapped upholstery foam
18 in x 24 in x 3 in
2023
Oil on canvas, textile wrapped upholstery foam, paper clay, mosaic and two spotlights
12 IN x 27 IN x 15 IN
Medium: Safety vests, beads, found fabric, artist-printed fabric, cord and thread
Date: 2021
Dimensions: 6 FT x 6 FT
2022
Gouache on paper
7 IN x 7 IN (without frame)
12 IN x 12 IN (with frame)
2021
Gouache on paper
7 IN x 7 IN (without frame)
12 IN x 12 IN (with frame)
2022
Gouache on paper,
7 IN x 7 IN (without frame)
2 IN x 12 IN (with frame)
2022
Gouache on paper
7 IN x 7 IN (without frame)
12 IN x 12 IN (with frame)
Medium: Fabric, dish gloves, acrylic, recycled foam, yarn and thread
Date: 2021
Dimensions: 6 FT x 6 FT
2022
Gouache on paper
7 IN x 7 IN (without frame)
12 IN x 12 IN (with frame)
2022
Found and reclaimed fabric, acrylic, velcro and thread
10 FT x 10 FT
This parachute was made to be taken apart into individual pieces. Each piece has velcro edges which allow it to be reconfigured endlessly. Along the vertical seams are figures that follow exquisite-corpse-logic that allows them to have interchangeable heads, torsos and feet. This parachute was brought to a group of students at Westfield State University who arranged it together without knowing the “correct” orientation of the images. We see instead their collective narrative built from the “nonsensical” pieces of the parachute. Prior to piecing together this parachute I facilitated a conversation with them around the lure of conspiracy communities and the all-consuming void-like aspect the internet can have on an individual. From this conversation they each contributed word associations describing their personal relationship to the internet. The students then collectively imagined metaphorical gestures using the parachute to depict these associations. We'll see these gestures show up in the documentation of their performance with the parachute.
Materials: Porcelain, glaze and megaphone
Date: 2021
Dimensions: 6 IN X 11 IN x 11 IN
Description: Thinking about the ubiquitous chattering teeth toy from the 80s as a metaphor for the concept of censorship through noise—-a propaganda tactic where you flood the social sphere with nonsense and misinformation so consistently that it becomes difficult to locate the original source or separate fact from fiction. I slip cast and fired porcelain replicas of this toy and attached them to a working megaphone which was used in the “How Good Are You At Following Directions?” performance.
2021
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2022
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2021
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2021
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2021
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2021
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2021
North Carolina dirt mixed with porcelain slip
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2021
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2022
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2022
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
2022
Glazed porcelain
3 IN x 3 IN x 3 IN
Materials: Safety vests, beads, found and reclaimed fabric, paracord, thread and fans
Dimensions: 10 FT x 10 FT
Date: 2022
Description: Hammerhead people and shadow puppet motifs haunt the surface of this parachute; like stories told through generations they suggest our involvement in propagating narratives from the past and our collective denial and insistence to not-see the hand (just as much a part of the shadow image) that massages the story into a specific outcome.
Who doesn't love a pretty, dead, woman above their couch? Personally, I like to listen to true crime podcasts while I work. (After Ophelia/For all the women whose murders we aestheticize and those they try to erase, Elizabeth Siddall, Loretta Capot-Blanc, Rita Hester and Sandra Bland).
Oil on fabric wrapped upholstery foam, wig, toy flies, fake lily pads and yarn
6.5 FT x 5 FT x 4 IN
2020
*Made in-residence at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Artist-In-Residence in Painting & Drawing Program
Sequins on fabric wrapped upholstery foam, thread, yarn, fabric, and plastic leaves
6.5 FT x 5.5 FT x 4.5 FT
2020
*Made in-residence at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Artist-In-Residence in Painting & Drawing Program
Oil on towel wrapped upholstery foam, sequined fabric, paper clay, latex paint, cinnamon scented oil, cinnamon sticks yarn, rhinestones, bath curtain, nail polish
7 FT x 5.5 FT x 3.5 FT
2020
*Made in-residence at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Artist-In-Residence in Painting & Drawing Program
Oil on fabric and crochet wrapped upholstery foam, yarn, thread, fiberfill, sequins, beads, wire, styrofoam wig head, galvanized pipe, high heels and plastalina clay
6 FT x 3 FT x 1.5 FT
2017
Call up your factory-cum-utopia daddy and deputize any hot guy you think can handle his weapon. Don’t worry their trained discretion will “protect” anything you didn’t agree to. Our gilded hands build a romanticized frame for their spectacle. Police strippers obscure more than just their vulnerables.
Fabric wrapped upholstery foam, beads, gouache paint, wood, plexi, yarn, latch hook grid, dish glove, pleather, boa and turn-table (which slowly rotates the stick horse and dish glove around in circles next to the portrait).
8 FT 4 IN x 6 FT 6 IN x 10 IN
"A 2015 investigation by the Buffalo News, based on a national review of media reports and court records over a 10-year period, concluded that an officer is accused of an act of sexual misconduct at least every five days."
-The Washington Post
“One woman’s police protector is another woman’s perpetrator. According to the National Center for Women in Policing, two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence. In contrast, to 10% of families in the general population.”
-Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and The Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell
100% of the proceeds from the purchase of this artwork will be donated to: https://survivedandpunished.org/about/ and http://criticalresistance.org/about/
Oil pastel on fabric and crochet wrapped upholstery foam, pipe cleaners, plaster, silicone and yarn.
2019
Oil, upholstery foam, fabric, canvas, plasticine clay, hat, thread and streamers
6 FT x 3.5 FT x 2.5 FT
2018
Oil on fabric wrapped upholstery foam, vacuum-sealed Soylent, hoodie, sequins, crochet, thread, beads, foam bubbles, plaster and silicone.
2019
Oil, upholstery foam, fabric, canvas, thread, shirt, costume chest, wood and fans.
4 FT x 3 FT x 1 FT
2018
Oil on canvas and fabric wrapped upholstery foam, yarn, plastic cording, wall, oil pastel
Approx. 50 IN x 17 IN x 6 IN
2016
Oil on fabric and knit wrapped upholstery foam, yarn, string, push pins
22 IN x 17 IN x 6 IN
2016
Oil on canvas and velvet wrapped upholstery foam, plastalina, yarn, reed
Dimensions variable
2016
House paint, gouache, paper, arrow stickers, balloons, and acrylic
2021
Gouache on paper
6 IN x 9 IN
2020
Gouache on paper
6 IN x 9 IN
2020
House paint, gouache, paper, arrow stickers, balloons, and acrylic
2021
House paint, gouache, paper, and arrow stickers
2021
Contorted into an agreement; balloons are meant to be flexible. They used it against you. (top)
Gouache on paper
9 IN x 6 IN
2020
Tethered to a growth we thought we cut down; would you choose to see your demise before the end. (Just a Backyard Get Together).
Gouache on paper
6 IN x 9 IN
2020
Gouache on paper
6 IN x 9 IN
2020
House paint, gouache, paper, and arrow stickers
2021
Held up as a warning; a scare; show them exactly what they look like. (Let's play pretend, like it doesn't seep inside.) (top)
Bead by bead in a Girl Scout summer, eyes sore, right up against the point. Arms up, notice their fingers, they'll tell you something about a promise. (bottom)
Gouache on paper
2021
Gouache on paper
6 IN x 9 IN
2020
Gouache on paper
9 IN x 6 IN
2020
House paint, acrylic, plaster, safety vests, fabric, thread and dish gloves
2021
House paint, acrylic, plaster, safety vests, fabric, thread and dish gloves
2021
House paint, stickers, mesh bag, fabric, thread, gloves, and rubber bands
2021
House paint, stickers, mesh bag, fabric, thread, gloves, and rubber bands
2021
8 FT x 4.5 FT x 6 IN
Acrylic and oil on curtain, bird curtain rod and beads
2020
Acrylic and oil on curtain, embroidered and sequined birds, beads, bird curtain rod.
8 FT x 4.5 FT x 7 IN
2020
*Made in-residence at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Artist-In-Residence in Painting & Drawing Program
Window curtains, oil, acrylic, security cameras, beads, thread, yarn and curtain rods
10 FT x 10 FT x 1FT
2019
Notes: All "window scenes" from the "Found Window" series come from a "game" played with a partner. Two persons take a "Sunday drive" at dusk peering through windows, to win you must capture a family sitting down to eat dinner. Most nights no one wins. These particular window scenes were found in Beijing, China.
Window curtain, oil, plasticine, beads, thread, and curtain rod
5 FT x 3.5 FT x 1 FT
2018
Notes: This is a site-specific piece made to the dimensions of the window of an experimental apartment/gallery space as part of "Lurking Behind My Teeth" a solo show (the work was curated in all rooms of the apartment---bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, etc). The curtain and oil painted image on it are see-through allowing the windows of the apartments across the alley to be visible, permeating the image; looking through one window into another. The lurking imagery is invisible in full sunlight and reveals itself as the night turns.
Medium: Upholstery foam, silicone, acrylic, mannequin, yarn, tongue depressors, reed, ceramic, plasticine, mosaic, mirror, plaster and motorized turntable.
Dimensions: 12 FT x 7 FT x 7FT
Date: 2018
Medium: Fabric, yarn, jingle bells, thread, sequins, baby rattles and iron forged nail.
Dimensions: Approx. 16 IN x 14 IN x 6 IN
Date: 2018
Medium: Silicone, fabric, sequins, boa, cord, velvet, yarn, thread, cowbells, jingle bells, signal whistles, tongue depressors, glass beads, plasticine clay and iron forged nails
Dimensions: 5 FT x 4 FT x 1 FT
Date: 2018
Notes Each mask has an individual title listed below. Each mask is based off of an actual Scold’s Bridle design. Scold’s Bridles were punishment devices used during the 1600s to silence women who spoke too boldly.
From top to bottom, left to right:
-Maybe it would have been a work meeting or maybe he was going to try and fuck me.
-It wasn't about my work, it was that I could leave with your secrets.
-I don't think she loves her husband.
-A reminder, where the hurried key marked my skin, where the howlers followed me home.
-When I do his job for him, I get a "good girl."
-Title held until 2048.
Titles: (left) Common Scold: I can’t find your package, but maybe if you come back here we can find it together. (right) Common Scold: I think about him every time I pee.
Medium: Yarn, cardboard, bubble wrap, jingle bell, paint marker, silicone, fabric, reed, plasticine, sequins, plastic, thread and iron forged nail.
Dimensions: 24 IN x 10 IN x 6 IN (each)
Dates: 2018
Medium: Acrylic, husband, blow-up palm tree, Amazon girlfriend pillow, silicone fish, sand, water, pump, feathers, postcard, dish gloves, thread, woven yarn, beads, pen and lawn chair
Dimensions: 3 FT x 4.5 FT X 8.5 FT
Date: 2018
Notes: Inside the palm tree is moving water and fish.
Dimensions variable
Acrylic on purchased husband and girlfriend pillow, yarn, canvas, jelly yarn and foam
2017
Medium: Yarn, silicone, thread, sequins, and iron forged nail.
Dimensions: Approx. 16 IN x 10 IN x 6 IN
Date: 2018
Approx. 6 FT x 9 FT x 3 FT
Oil on canvas, fabric and knit wrapped upholstery foam, yarn, fiberfill, latch hook grid and wood
2017
Approx. 6 FT x 4.5 FT x 8 IN
Oil on canvas wrapped upholstery foam with knit and fabric wrapped upholstery foam inserts
2016
2019
Oil on mylar on crochet
9 in x 6 in
2019
Oil on mylar on knit
9 in x 6 in
2019
Oil on mylar on crochet
9 in x 6 in
