My work uses elements of mythology to explore my multiracial identity and personal experiences. I am attracted to mythology because it inhabits a liminal space between reality and fantasy to tell the origin story of a people. As if a metaphorical archaeological record, my work explores my creation story while simultaneously attempting to fill the lost stories of personal ancestry and the lost stories of Black people in America.

I identify as a multidisciplinary artist, who began creating figures by collaging transparent paper and incorporating insects, bugs, flowers, and leaves. My practice has expanded to include resin, ceramic, cyanotype, wearables, assemblage, and installation. I’m interested in exploring the relationship between the body and nature and the role nature plays to strengthen our understanding of self. I often incorporate flora and fauna alongside the human form to draw parallels between the body and nature, while simultaneously engaging with body language, distortion, and metaphor. With all the nuances that form identity, I began thinking of the self not just as one but a universe of beings in which the entirety is me. In this universe I’ve created in my work, I utilize elements of myth and archetype to explore the mutability of identity, and the effects of trauma.

In a visual language exploring the expanses of the human body and mind through a vibrant color palette and organic materials, I am attempting to navigate the complex, imperfect yet beautifully kaleidoscopic nature of a people and thus myself.