Tigress
Size 3 x 3 x 3.5 ft
Medium: foam, fiberglass
This sculpture was made as part of an initiative to create public art on Purchase College campus. I am combining different forms of public art as well as making a sculpture that serves a function, in this case, one that has a working clock.
Public Access Clown Hour
Medium: Video
Public Access Clown Hour is a surreal variety show starring two clowns who are compiling all the television in the universe. It is primarily a performance work, but also showcases my costume making, crochet, and set design.
Gay Batman
Size 54 x 30 in
Medium: plaster and paper mache
This sculpture was inspired by homemade statues from mini golf corses, theme parks and roadside attractions. I am really interested in how sculpture is used in these types of establishments to draw people in and serves a totally different purpose than more traditional fine art sculpture. When I showed this sculpture I gave a speech telling a made up history of a collaboration between PepsiCo and Batman, which concluded with Batman coming out as gay and retiring to live in key west. There is something very fascinating to me about the idea of making art that embraces the hypercapitalist world of brands and advertising, drawing attention to how very ridiculous caring about those kinds of things is.
Playing Child Robot
Size
Medium: mixed media, including latex electronic components wood and found objects
"Playing Child Robot" is a animatronic sculpture where the head turns from side to side every couple seconds. The body is made of liquid latex layered over fabric and fake hair to simulate the appearance of mummified flesh. The stomach of the figure is transparent, and contains a collection of Beanie Babies in place of organs. The figure is surrounded by coloring pages, glitter and crayons, and appears to be playing. This sculpture is a discussion of femininity and childhood discussing how early gender roles and expectations are forced onto children, and in particular girls. The colorfulness and playfulness in this piece also serves to further this message.
Kiln
Size 65 x 30 in
Medium: ceramics and refrigerator
This piece is a selection of ceramic foods installed inside an old refrigerator. It also includes my piece "Anatomical Model of Roadkill" displayed in the freezer. In this installation I am trying to convey subtle themes of discomfort, and the uncanny valley. The fake food is comically out of place in a real refrigerator, and is in stark contrast to the gory mangled wolf's head.
How to Crochet With Batman
Size 5.5x8.5in 14 pages
Medium: gouache on paper, collage
"How to Crochet with Batman" is a book I made using collage and painting, which I then scanned and created editions of. I used illustrations from a crochet instructional book from the 1960s in my paintings and based my paintings of Batman and the Joker from the 1966 show. The plot follows Batman through a surreal dream where the Joker takes his hands and teaches him to crochet, which is a metaphor for sexuality and love.
Anatomical Model of Roadkill
Size 10 x14 in
Medium: ceramics
This ceramic sculpture has three separate pieces which can be removed and reassembled into different configurations. As the title suggests, I was inspired by ceramic anatomical models which can be disassembled and reassembled to demonstrate how different organs and systems interact. I was also interested in experimenting with glazing to try to mimic the texture and color of blood and muscle tissue, as well as fur.
Simolean Psycho
Year 2022
Size
Medium video
"Simolean Psycho" started as a piece of prose I wrote parodying the novel American Psycho. American Psycho is a satire of the yuppies of the 1980s, and this video is a satire of both modern day tech-bro yuppies. The video is set in an imagined queer dystopia, where modern day queer and alternative culture is stripped of all revolutionary or anticapitalist rhetoric, and the queer people of the ruling class are just as complacent as any rich yuppie before them.
Gloria
Year 2022
Size
Medium video
This performance involved me wearing a mask and doing dream interpretations for people over Zoom. I made the make out of silicone and faux fur, and I crocheted the shirt I was wearing. I was inspired by psychics and preachers on live television, and wanted to do a performance that felt like something you might stumble upon while surfing through channels.