In my sculptures and installations, I sift through autobiography, history, and popular culture to explore the subject of race in America. I am particularly interested in examining whiteness – its dependence on an “other” and issues such as white skin privilege and white guilt. “Post-racial” is a current buzzword in our society, yet serious inequalities persist. I search out this complex narrative in the most prosaic of materials.

My art materials are everyday household items – health and beauty aids, linens, etc. - things that we put on our skin, that we wear and sleep on. Though they are mass produced commodities, they enter a realm of intimacy as we use them in our homes and on our bodies. It is from this personal voice – from a vantage point of self and family - that I believe the strongest dialogue on race can begin. In my work, bandaids become a wall hanging, bath soaps become a brick wall, and fake tan lotions become tie-dye patterns on white fabrics.

As I delve into more personal levels of meaning, I also touch on desire – sexual desire, cultural desire, desire for identity. In my ongoing Dreamcatcher Series, I construct makeshift hoops, nets and entangled traps that reference these overlapping areas of appropriation, fetishization, and cross cultural influence. I am interested in exploring how we are defined by cultural constructs, and how we, as a society and as individuals, may move beyond them.

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2009 - 2010 A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Recipient

EDUCATION
¦Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2008
¦MFA, Hunter College, 2003
¦BFA, Hunter College, 1999

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
¦Fellowship Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (projected date)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
¦”Under the Skin”, Maison des Femmes, Paris, France
¦”Ides of March” (Ridge Street Artists), ABC No Rio, New York, NY
¦”Victims’ Symptom”, labforculture.org. Online. Curated by Ana Peraica
¦”Common Threads: Artists In Spite of Retail”, Brecht Forum, New York, NY

2007
¦“Material Culture”, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
¦”Migrations” (with   collective), Dieppe Biennial, Dieppe, France
¦“Desiderium”, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
¦”Aljira Emerge 8”, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
¦”Alliance” and ”Strategy” (with   collective), La Générale, Paris, France
¦”Things Fall Apart”, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
¦”The Field”, JCAL, Jamaica, New York

2006
¦”Bearable Lightness…Likeness”, P.S.1/MOMA, Queens, NY Curated by Franklin Sirmans
¦”Kuyo”, Onishi Gallery, New York, NY
¦”Inner Visions”, Local Project, L.I.C., NY

2005
¦"America vs. America", Gallery Klink Og Bank, Reykjavik, Iceland, Gallery 300M3, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Gallery NR9, Oslo, Norway
¦"Galeria Galou 3rd Juried Show", Brooklyn, NY Jurors: Thierry Alet, Dean Daderko, and Susan Hoeltzel

2004
¦"Inaugural Biennial Underground Railroad Exhibition", Northern Kentucky University in collaboration with the Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Curated by Michael Ray Charles; catalog.
¦"Fear Will Not Silence Us", Alwan for the Arts, New York, NY
¦"Unbroken/Photo Voice", Denise Bibro Fine Arts, New York, NY

RELATED EXPERIENCE/DISTINCTIONS
¦A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Recipient, 2009-2010
¦Smack Mellon Hot Picks, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY 2009
¦Skowhegan Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2008
¦Creative Capital Strategic Planning Fellow, Newark, NJ, 2006
¦Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant, 2005


BIBLIOGRAPHY
¦Bauer, Marilyn. "Freedom of Expression", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Aug. 19, 2004
¦Bernzott, Julie. "Look Here!", Cincinnati CityBeat, Aug. 25, 2004
¦Bischoff, Dan. “At Aljira, reasons to be playful”, The Star-Ledger, July 29, 2007
¦Harvey, Phillip. “Heal As You Conceal:The Dreamcatcher Series”, Nat Creole Magazine, No. 17, Fall 2007
¦Hyman, Rachel. "13 Artists, One Galeria Galou", Block Magazine, June 24, 2005
¦Lew, Christopher Y. “Bearable Lightness…Likeness: Calculating Lightness”, P.S. Newspaper, Summer 2006