Statement & Bio
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Statement
For three decades now, I have been setting up camp around the world. From my Princeton sandbox to the Plaza of Sonoma,
I have worked from what is revealed by site and the fingerprints I impart always with the help of strangers. From Houston to
San Francisco, from Rome to Rio, from Bangkok to Barcelona, I have immersed myself in extreme urban environments.
Most recently, I have returned from Arequipa, Peru, not only a tourist destination, but my maternal homeland. From
engagement with sites, strange at first and then familiar with time, I find my inspiration. My art considers site, community,
material and experience using architectural language and materials from or inspired by imaginary & actual sites. From the
visual language of selected landscapes and the stories of those residing in those spaces, the framework for my artwork is
constructed.
Bio
I have declared myself an artist since the age of 15. At first a painter, then a sculptor. Now I define myself and my work by
neither. While I cast my first bronze sculpture at the age of 16, it was at Wellesley College where I seriously began sculpting
with the lost wax process. At the time, my work was greatly influenced by my studies of Italian Renaissance art and modern
master Rodin. A few years later I felt stuck in the past and pushed forward into more contemporary thinking and conceptual
development with my art. My two years at San Francisco Art Institute helped me push my work in a multitude of directions
from new genres to kinetic sound sculptures. However, my focus was pushing my art into the public realm. Installations and
permanent and temporary projects filled the next 4 years with great satisfaction and scale. For the past 3 years, I have
returned to a more meditative process with works on paper, wood panel and canvas, showing regularly with an artist
collective called SpaceCraft, which I helped found and remain and active member. While I also continue my international
travels to seek inspiration from urban sites, much of my current work has grown from passageways found in the city I have
called home now for 13 years, San Francisco.
For three decades now, I have been setting up camp around the world. From my Princeton sandbox to the Plaza of Sonoma,
I have worked from what is revealed by site and the fingerprints I impart always with the help of strangers. From Houston to
San Francisco, from Rome to Rio, from Bangkok to Barcelona, I have immersed myself in extreme urban environments.
Most recently, I have returned from Arequipa, Peru, not only a tourist destination, but my maternal homeland. From
engagement with sites, strange at first and then familiar with time, I find my inspiration. My art considers site, community,
material and experience using architectural language and materials from or inspired by imaginary & actual sites. From the
visual language of selected landscapes and the stories of those residing in those spaces, the framework for my artwork is
constructed.
Bio
I have declared myself an artist since the age of 15. At first a painter, then a sculptor. Now I define myself and my work by
neither. While I cast my first bronze sculpture at the age of 16, it was at Wellesley College where I seriously began sculpting
with the lost wax process. At the time, my work was greatly influenced by my studies of Italian Renaissance art and modern
master Rodin. A few years later I felt stuck in the past and pushed forward into more contemporary thinking and conceptual
development with my art. My two years at San Francisco Art Institute helped me push my work in a multitude of directions
from new genres to kinetic sound sculptures. However, my focus was pushing my art into the public realm. Installations and
permanent and temporary projects filled the next 4 years with great satisfaction and scale. For the past 3 years, I have
returned to a more meditative process with works on paper, wood panel and canvas, showing regularly with an artist
collective called SpaceCraft, which I helped found and remain and active member. While I also continue my international
travels to seek inspiration from urban sites, much of my current work has grown from passageways found in the city I have
called home now for 13 years, San Francisco.