My work is an ongoing exploration of the contrasting and often conflicting narratives that shape American identity. Grounded in historical research, my practice examines the interconnected ways that material, economy, and culture influence one another. A deep appreciation for traditional craft exists alongside an intrinsic fascination with digital tools and processes—a relationship that mirrors contemporary anxieties about technology’s role in both preserving and destabilizing cultural memory. I am motivated by working between analog and digital methodologies, and believe that this hybridity creates bridges across time, material, and audience.

Central to my practice is a desire to hold the tensions of the present against the mythologized narratives of the American past. In an era where cultural symbols are weaponized and competing versions of truth proliferate, I am drawn to the contradictions embedded in national identity: the simultaneous radicalism and exclusionary nature of the country’s founding, and the assumptions about access, inheritance, and belonging that persist in its symbols. My work grapples with the cognitive dissonance many Americans experience—the negotiation between confronting a painful history and holding personal memories shaped by those same cultural myths. Through this, I aim to create spaces of resonance for viewers navigating similar questions of identity, memory, and nationhood.