Artist’s Statement

At the heart of my work is a deep commitment to storytelling—whether through photography, video, or writing. I’m drawn to the quiet weight of memory, the way stories are carried in bodies, belongings, and images, and the tension between what we reveal and what we keep hidden. Three interwoven themes often emerge in my practice: Preserving Legacies, Aging and the Body, and Exposure to Childhood Trauma.

Documenting Stories + Preserving Legacies

I have been fascinated by old, found photographs of strangers and often wonder how these images have become separated from their original families. It’s important to me to investigate their stories.

As Banksy once said, “they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.” To keep their memory alive, I sometimes investigate and post my findings online. By doing so, I hope to postpone their final death by associating an image with a name.

Additionally, I’ve been creating interpretive “Post-mortem Portraits” by selecting a few items from the estate of strangers that interest me and photographing them through my lens. I recently realized that I can relax my sleuthing obsession over old photographs of strangers and start capturing and creating real-life stories of those who I want to document.

Aging and the Body

My work also engages with how time marks the body. During a Photography and Video residency, I created a series examining identity, distortion, and aging—scanning bodies and layering the images with fabric, plastic, and masks. These pieces resist polished beauty, instead embracing the vulnerability, resilience, and awkward grace of physical change.

Exposure to Childhood Trauma

My video art series, Memory Reassembly, explores the trauma experienced in childhood when exposed to adult themes too early. In the first piece of this series, Memory Resassembly: Shellshocked, I reflect on early childhood exposure to a soldier severely affected by post-traumatic stress disorder and the lasting impact it has had on me.

Across mediums, my work attempts to hold space for what’s been lost, what’s still unfolding, and what remains unsaid—inviting viewers to consider how personal history, collective memory, and narrative intersect.