>> WHEN I WAS A KID, I WANTED TO BE A FASHION DESIGNER.

AND I LEARNED PRETTY QUICKLY ON THAT THE FASHION INDUSTRY IS A LITTLE BIT TERRIBLE.

I STARTED OUT DOING HYPER PHOTO REALISTIC PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE IN THEATRICALLY LIT ENVIRONMENTS.

NOW, MY ARTWORK IS A LOT OF INSTILLLATION, FABRICS, TEXTURES, PATTERNS.

I THINK I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TRASHY SORT OF AESTHETIC USING WHAT IS ALREADY HERE.

JUST A CONSCIOUSNESS OF HOW MUCH JUNK EXISTS AND NOT WANTING TO MAKE A BUNCH MORE TRASH ON THE PLANET.

SO, IT IS KIND OF LIKE LETTING THE UNIVERSE PUT THINGS IN FRONT OF YOU.

A NEW CHALLENGE OF A NEW MEDIUM TO EXPLORE.

SO I DEFINITELY LIKE HAVING A NEW MEDIUM TO SORT OF EXPLORE AND PLAY AROUND WITH AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO WITHIN THAT MEDIUM.

CONSULTING THE SUBCONSCIOUS ENDED UP BEING THE TITLE OF A LARGE PIECE THAT IS A CONGLOMERATE OF DOODLES.

EACH DOODLE WAS DONE ABSENT MINDEDLY ON THE PHONE OR IN DOWN TIMES WHERE I WASN'T CONSCIOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE A DRAWING BUT DOODLING WITH WHATEVER CAME OUT.

SO GIVING A CHANCE FOR ANYTHING SUBCONSCIOUS TO SORT OF BUBBLE UP.

>> I REALLY LIKE THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF ART MAKING.

I JUST LOVE IT IF TWO PEOPLE MET AND FORMED A RELATIONSHIP AND IT WAS AT A SHOW OR THESE TWO ARTISTS WERE INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER THROUGH MY WORK.

SO I LOVE A COMMUNITY.

I HAVE THROWN A LOT OF DANCE PARTIES IN GALLERIES SO AT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OPEN GALLERY, I HAD A NO TALKING DANCE PARTY.

PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO, NOT FORCED BUT ASKED TO THINK ABOUT THE OTHER WAYS, OTHER MODES OF COMMUNICATION.

THE NON-VERBAL ONES.

SO THAT WAS A FUN EXPERIMENT.

I HAVE HAD A HIGH HEELS DANCE PARTY WHERE IT WASN'T MANDATORY HIGH HEELS WEARING BUT THERE WERE LOTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND A MIRROR AND SOME CANES AND WALKERS SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOME HANDLEBARS FOR SUPPORT AND YOU COULD TRY ON SOME HIGH HEELS IN THIS SILLY PLAYFUL ENVIRONMENT.

AND IT CHANGES YOUR HEIGHT.

IT THRUSTS YOUR HIPS DIFFERENT.

IT'S LIKE A WHOLE NEW WORLD UP THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL YOU HAVE TO SPEND A FEW HOURS IN THEM.

THAT'S DIFFERENT.

ANOTHER DANCE PARTY CALLED BUT I DIGRESS.

THAT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH MY PARTNER ABBY NELSON.

WE PUT SENTENCE FRAGMENTS ONTO MYLAR WE HUNG FROM FISHING LINE FROM MOBILES FROM THE CEILING AND IT WAS ALL BLACK LIGHT REACTIVE SO THESE GLOWING PIECES OF MAGNETIC POETRY WERE HANGING IN THE AIR.

AND THAT IS WHERE THE DANCE PARTY TOOK PLACE.

SO YOU KIND OF GET A SENSE OF HOW WHEN YOU READ ONE NON-SENSE PHRASE AND ANOTHER NON-SENSE PHRASE, YOUR BRAIN TRIES TO MAKE MEANING OUT OF THEM.

AND SO THAT WAS THE CONTEXT FOR THE DANCE PARTY.

SO I TEND TO IN MY ARTWORK TRY.

I'M USUALLY PLAYING AROUND IN A FORMAL GALLERY CONTEXT BUT WITH LESS FORMAL SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS.

THE INSTALLATIONS ARE MADE UP OF A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL EXPENSIVE CLOTHING.

BUT ALSO, LIKE, STAINED, TOO SMALL, SLIGHTLY RIPPED BUT I KIND OF CHANNEL MY INNER BOWERFORD AND TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE LITTLE TRASHY BITS OR ELEMENTS.

KIND OF GETTING EXCITED ABOUT JUST COLLECTING THE RAW MATERIALS AND YOU CAN KIND OF TRANSFORM, ANYTHING CAN BE TRANSFORMED.