Acrylic, plywood, thread, laser engraved paper.
27 x 9 x 4"
Installation view in artist’s studio. This is a series of four two-sided wooden boxes protruding from the wall. Paper is suspended inside the box with text laser engraved.
Thread, hairdresser pins, charcoal.
24 x 24"
Charcoal
60 x 60"
This series is a continuation of Suicidal Doppelgängers; Self-Imposed Ataraxia. I repeat the process of erasing away my thoughts, leaving behind traces.
Charcoal
60 x 60"
Social anxiety and depression, due to traumatic experiences of racism and discrimination from within gay culture itself, has often been difficult for me to express. This series of writing narrates an internal monologue within myself and the struggle to separate the “gayness” – all the negative qualities of the culture I do not want to associate with – from my own being in order to eliminate it.
Artist's sketchbook
Emotions of post trauma.
Artist's sketchbook
The act of infidelity can be one of great trauma to an individual. Reality is shifted and all that was known once before will forever change in the face of betrayal. The process of healing from the aftermath of emotions may not always succeed; then what?
Artist's Sketchbook
For me, being Homo (sapiens) ultimately means a life of loneliness where finding a partner comes with great difficulty within great spectrums of constructed social relationships. It seems like my ideology of monogamy does not fit one of homonormativity. Learning how to find solace in solitude is the key to survival with these genetics.
Artist's Sketchbook
Poems constructed to fit within a 16 x 16 grid.
Laser engraved acrylic, frosted and tinted films, paper, thread, ultraviolet ink, ultraviolet flashlight, fluorescent light
Size variable
A combination of sculptures, drawings, and lights are placed in a room to reveal hidden text pieces. Symbols are engraved onto acrylic boxes that can be deciphered with a legend painted in ultraviolet ink. Viewers explore the objects utilizing UV lights that are chained to the wall.
Laser engraved acrylic, one-way mirrored film, paper, thread, ultraviolet ink, ultraviolet flashlight, fluorescent light
Size variable
A combination of sculptures, drawings, and lights are placed in a room to reveal hidden text pieces. Symbols are engraved onto acrylic boxes that can be deciphered with a legend painted in ultraviolet ink. Viewers explore the objects utilizing UV lights that are chained to the wall.
