Senior BFA Thesis Exhibition, May 2015

I am stimulated off memories from my childhood, they often keep me up at night. Being the youngest child I was subjected to all of the hand-me-downs toys, due to this I grew up in an overcrowded home. Between all the hammies and with my parents hoarding habits there was no sanctuary from the surrounding objects that filled the spaces. Over the years, in my time working with photography as my medium of expression, I’ve sometimes found myself to become stuck in several ruts or patterns. At times it can be difficult to express personal issues and while it has become easier with practice, I’ve overall expended my way of producing art through various processes and mediums.

In this body of work I invite the viewer to invade this idea of a home, crossing the barriers of what happens under a household’s roof. As I’ve spent time working through my creative process, I’ve established a broadening in my reflections within distinctive mediums and processes. Turing to sculpture was an important part in my development as an artist. This way of creating has helped to extract various obsessions and allow for a more interactive experience, which for me has been the most satisfying part of the installation. I am fascinated in the process of mold making/casting to create an abundance of specific object. Through this body of work I’ve fabricated casts in various materials such as slip, latex and resin. My BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition is an evocative obsession of the human figure, childhood toys, and sport trophies/medals and expresses themes of betrayal, anxiety, and loneliness.