In both the Remnants and Other Elevated Parts and New Artifacts series, I use a wide range of materials and processes, freely transitioning between 2-D and 3-D forms. The unlikely combinations—vintage and antique textiles alongside contemporary materials such as second-hand fabrics, kitschy oil cloth, glossy vinyl, and polyfoam—feel paradoxical in nature, like a historical timeline collapsing into the present. I weave together layers of the handmade with equal attention to the mass produced.

The textiles—sourced from around the world, including India, France, Japan, and the United States—intertwine formally and aesthetically, rooting the work in a broader conceptual conversation. The 3-D pieces, which are stuffed, sewn, painted on, and often collapsed onto one another, can resemble piles of laundry or paintings unhinged from their stretchers—becoming either monuments to their former selves or, conversely, exquisite historical treasures.

I like the idea of adding my hand to history, altering these materials to become new artifacts while touching on themes of migration, transformation, and the recontextualization of culture through personal and collective evolution.

at Studio 4 Gallery in Bushwick NY and Liliana Bloch in Dallas, TX