My MFA thesis show builds a taxonomy of fiber and material. Structures and surfaces take on an overall configuration without losing their elemental parts. Systems that seem permanent, immovable, and stable can be broken down into components, and from there a shift or change is possible.

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Rocks from Warren Dunes State Park, raw steel, bread clip, upholstery fabric embroidered while thinking about how puddles are rain and rain is puddles, rubber band, thread, screws, gilded wire, silver annealed wire, copper wire, leather scrap, chair frame, notes from mom, plywood, pen, screws, dried leaves, jeweler’s chain, floss, paper clips, shells from Fullerton beach, postcard from Ailene, pen spring, copper fitting, backing board, dried lavender, glue, spiral notebook spine, dried rosemary, frayed fabric scrap, laminated wood frames, champagne cage, hinged wall lamp, screw hooks, polypropylene rope, door hinge, pipe cleaner and sequin flower from Hadley and wood bobbins.

As a member of the Spring 2021 cohort at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), I experienced graduate school under exceptional circumstances, along with students across the planet. The overall thesis exhibition includes works across varied media, from sound to video to weaving to printmaking, and demonstrates resolve, commitment, resourcefulness, and an adeptness at materializing perspective.