My work in performance, photography and sculpture examines aspects of family history as it influences the construction of my identity, as well as gender-based assumptions about freedom, the unknown and nature. Using ironic humor, repetitive methods and suggestive materials, I challenge my own concepts of identity, family, gender and society and invite viewers to examine their own consciousness through my process. The work is both inviting and intimidating, brought about by a collision of perceived opposites; intimacy in a public space, solo-hiking with friends, etc. With the placement, scale and metaphoric nature of the work, I ask the viewer to become more aware of their own body and life. I received my MFA from Winthrop University and have shown at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, McColl Center for Visual Art and other venues nationally and internationally. I currently serve as Director of Art Foundations at the University of Kentucky.
