As an installation artist working at the intersection of painting and sculpture, I explore how the personal and political collide in material form. This dynamic interplay between memory, identity, and social structure shapes Revolutions, a body of work that explores power and gender through the lens of cultural expectation and constraint. In this sculptural series, ceramic vessels undulate with layered depictions of women as both compliant and defiant figures—responding to deeply embedded cultural assumptions. These densely illustrated surfaces transform each form into a three-dimensional canvas, animated by rotating pedestals that create a whirling exposition of sexuality, motherhood, and mortality. Immersed in the imaginary world of these women, the viewer becomes an active participant in a visceral and complex female experience. Stylistically, the series draws from a range of influences: the sculptural intensity of Akio Takamori, the bold graphics of Soviet propaganda, the narrative depth of Will Eisner’s comics and wordless woodcut novels, and the formal beauty of ancient Greek vases and Japanese ukiyo-e prints. Together, they inform a visual language that is both magical and unsettling—embodying the maelstrom of female existence.
The tropes and allusions presented in the works cannot be separated from the ongoing debate over female body rights concerning birth/abortion, circumcision, body coverage/exposure, contraception, and obligations within matrimony. Throughout history, the unclothed female figure has carried the baggage of objectification, voyeurism, exoticism, desire, and struggle for power and control.
Revolutions has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including:
Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX (solo exhibition)
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
Epperson National Clay Competition, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA (First Place)
Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX
GOCA, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
International Ceramic Competition, Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, Spain
Museum Acquisitions:
Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, Spain
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
