About the Artist

In my practice, using fictional narratives I take my own experiences and transform them into surreal performances and sculptures, giving voice to those who cannot speak, giving life to inanimate objects. Disguised as a squirrel or a sea turtle, I am released from my human inhibitions and can devote myself to making people aware of non-human life forms, the worlds of animals and objects we live among, but often ignore. I love animals. I want to be apart of their world and them apart of ours.
In my most recent work I focus on Olivia the Sea Turtle. Dressed as Olivia I explore her narrative. After being cheated on by her wife, Arial the mermaid, Olivia has found herself on shore living among humans. She is desperately trying to fit in while at the same time trying to resolve her marriage. I am making artwork reflecting her story and on her idea of how human’s perceive sea life.

A prankster at heart, I first started performing, creating characters and storylines while growing up in Frederick, Maryland.In high school one could spot me on the streets handing out free cheese dressed as the infamous “Professor Cheese”. Or, perhaps I would be delivering a package right to your doorstep. Don’t get too excited, turns out I convinced my younger sister to hide in the box! Growing up I grew to love wild life and nature, evident from my past history of pets, which included everything from quails to guinea pigs. While earning my degree at University of Maryland, College Park, I started collecting dead squirrels and orchestrating burial ceremonies.
After graduating from College Park I soon entered Rinehart School of Sculpture. While attending Rinehart I was part of the Artscape Outdoor Sculpture Competition for two consecutive years. The first sculpture is on permanent display in Baltimore and the second had a good run. It was displayed in the city for three years and then was hit by a car. Since graduating Rinehart I have been showing consistently. My work has been shown at the Arlington Arts Center and at Goucher College. And this past year I designed and curated the installation for Fantastic Planet as part of the Transmodern Festival.