Artist Statement
I am a gender-fluid interdisciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection of art, queerness, and science. My practice delves into the sociological and phenomenological concepts of contact, care, consent, and confession, using non-linear cine poems, photography, and archival methods to explore the intricacies of a life lived beyond the binary.
My work stems from a deep commitment to eco-spiritualism, queering technology, and preserving trans histories. Through experimental methods—including contact prints, memoir writing, and sculptural artifacts—I aim to give form to expressions that challenge traditional standards of archiving and knowledge production. I often manipulate tools and media to disrupt societal norms and interrogate systems that perpetuate queer erasure.
self-portrait on the red trail #4
Welcome Hill Studios
2024
At the heart of my practice is a desire to create a liberated transgender archive, one that captures the multiplicity and fluidity of identity and the impermanence of queer ephemera. I believe that trans people deserve more agency over their post-mortem legacies, and my work seeks to build a queer canon that prioritizes inter-communal representation, consent, and euphoria.
Drawing from my own experiences as a runaway, foster system, CSA survivor, and someone deeply affected by the medical-industrial complex, I am particularly interested in documenting the material realities of trans existence. My recent work, "The Medical Transition Document: I Wanna Watch the Bluebirds Fly," utilizes the digital scan bed as photographic documentation to chronicle my bodily transformation and the medical artifacts of HRT and top surgery. Through this work, I aim to demystify gender-affirming medical care and create a blueprint for future generations to access and actualize their own trans identities.
Grounded in a blend of agrarian knowledge and critical theory, my work explores the intersection of natural and synthetic landscapes. I relate my transition to processes like photosynthesis, drawing parallels between my corporeal transformation and the cycles of growth, death, and rebirth in nature. My art not only critiques the failings of representational justice but also seeks to push beyond it, advocating for a material emancipation that addresses the lived realities of trans people.
I am heavily influenced by the works of queer theorists, filmmakers, and artists like Jose Esteban Munoz, Legacy Russell, Jonathan Caouette, Luce DeLire, and Julian Isaac, whose ideas around queerness, representation, and archival legacy inform my practice. My ultimate goal is to create art that disrupts the status quo, provides space for marginalized voices, and bridges the gap between theory and lived experience.