HALLOW

THEY

I am a multidisciplinary process-based concept artist working in painting, sculpture, installation, and performance. I use a range of materials such as hand-made fabrics, photography, video installations, and readymade objects. Materials present themselves as a reaction to each piece’s concept. They are chosen due to their significance as an object within the work, rather than an aesthetic value. Due to this hierarchy, material investigation becomes a large part of my process. This exploration is equally important to the concepts themselves. The lawless nature of this play serves to balance the work, adding a joyful or humorous aspect to the otherwise heavy and dark tone.

My work primarily focuses on relationships, obsession, and the complexities of healing. Works consider interior and exterior worlds, often exploring psychic spaces and social spaces, and how they influence each other. Objecthood and personhood are investigated as nonphysical self, and the application of cultural icons. These operate together as a means of relating interpersonal relationships to the greater framework of society. Through this process, collective individual experiences are relayed as an effect of cultural conditioning, and vice versa. Identity becomes something removed and yet suffocating in this way, as a great absence is felt in grief. 

I’m working to bridge the gap between the physical and nonphysical- as well as question the distinction of reality and non-reality. Capturing moments of fractured reality as visual viscera is my goal. Each piece is intended to stand alone rather than depend on other works for context. They operate as a series of prose, rather than chapters.