Artist Statement

I make sculptures, installations and works on paper that reframe ubiquitous industrial design structures and materials as monuments to consider our consumption and values. Informed by studies in archaeology, architectural fantasy, and theatrical set design, I approach these overlooked materials as silent narrators of our contemporary history. These traces persist in man-made environments, waiting patiently to be uncovered and documented.

My process begins with photographing packaging, architectural debris, and derelict spaces. I am interested in how these forms are built and how they corrode, both physically and metaphorically. From these images. I develop sculptural works that combine carefully crafted pieces and found materials to contemplate that point of transition where structures hover between becoming and crumbling, between decadence and demise.

I place fragile elements in unstable arrangements, as if they’re holding themselves together just long enough to be seen. My pedestals and plinths are not separate supports but are part of the work itself. I build precariousness directly into their design to evoke a quiet tension, as though something is about to shift, slip, or give way. That sense of an imminent collapse, held in suspension echoes the urban spaces in which we live:sites of construction and decay, ambition and neglect, endurance and erosion.

In my works on paper, I create scenes around mundane objects: a piece of styrofoam deteriorating on the sidewalk, scaffolding covers, a scrap of bubble wrap.These are small moments, but I treat them like protagonists: witnesses to the world around them.

The everyday forms and materials in my work become vessels of memory and presence. Coming from a culture that reveres preservation of statues, ceramics, and ancient stones, I have developed a deep sensitivity to how materials carry history. I am especially interested in packing materials:transient forms with architectonic qualities, designed solely to protect what we deem valuable.They mark time through their wear, intent and impermanence, anchoring traces of human experience within the built environment. I want to hold on to these overlooked fragments that reveal our histories, shifting them from the temporary and disposable to something preserved, seen, and remembered.