Jungle
Recycled Textiles, Crochet yarn, Metal frame, Chickenwire
August 2024
Installed in a 10ft x 10ft x 10ft room
This work was made using scrap textiles and hung from a frame created with gardening hoops and chicken wire. Shown temporarily in Adam Square Park in Glendale, it served as a personal challenge, being created within my home over the course of a few months, and installed on-site over a few hours. I used recycled material to combat waste and overconsumption, and attempted to create something that encapsulated the complex intricacies and textures of nature. I leaned into the process of not knowing how it would look in the final space as an experiment and as a way of complimenting how nature works in seemingly unpredictable ways.
Recycled Textiles, Crochet yarn, Metal frame, Chickenwire
August 2024
Installed in a 10ft x 10ft x 10ft room
This work was made using scrap textiles and hung from a frame created with gardening hoops and chicken wire. Shown temporarily in Adam Square Park in Glendale, it served as a personal challenge, being created within my home over the course of a few months, and installed on-site over a few hours. I used recycled material to combat waste and overconsumption, and attempted to create something that encapsulated the complex intricacies and textures of nature. I leaned into the process of not knowing how it would look in the final space as an experiment and as a way of complimenting how nature works in seemingly unpredictable ways.
Underbelly
Chickenwire, Metal Rod, Textiles
March 2020
8ftx6ftx5ft
This work was created using a welded metal frame which I installed with chicken wire, and hung textiles that were sourced from scrap fabric, unwanted clothing items, and yarn sourced from thrift stores. The piece was influenced by underwater scenery, such as coral reefs and tidepools. I wanted to explore how oftentimes as humans, we witness natural ecosystems through photography, but are unable to fully explore them without damaging them. I created this work to be tactile and inviting to viewers, and when I displayed it to the public, encouraged viewers to touch and engage with the piece.
Chickenwire, Metal Rod, Textiles
March 2020
8ftx6ftx5ft
This work was created using a welded metal frame which I installed with chicken wire, and hung textiles that were sourced from scrap fabric, unwanted clothing items, and yarn sourced from thrift stores. The piece was influenced by underwater scenery, such as coral reefs and tidepools. I wanted to explore how oftentimes as humans, we witness natural ecosystems through photography, but are unable to fully explore them without damaging them. I created this work to be tactile and inviting to viewers, and when I displayed it to the public, encouraged viewers to touch and engage with the piece.
The Red One
Chicken Wire, Metal Rod, Textiles
Nov. 2019
39" x 34"
This was the first textile sculpture I made with the desire of creating an other-worldly seascape structure that felt tactile and inviting to the audience. The nature of the chicken wire and shape of the metal frame creates a transparency, and showcases interesting shadows when mounted on a wall. The purpose of the piece was to create something that while obviously being made out of manmade materials, had a complexity and vibrancy that was similar to underwater ecosystems and sea creatures.
Chicken Wire, Metal Rod, Textiles
Nov. 2019
39" x 34"
This was the first textile sculpture I made with the desire of creating an other-worldly seascape structure that felt tactile and inviting to the audience. The nature of the chicken wire and shape of the metal frame creates a transparency, and showcases interesting shadows when mounted on a wall. The purpose of the piece was to create something that while obviously being made out of manmade materials, had a complexity and vibrancy that was similar to underwater ecosystems and sea creatures.
Mind Space
Pen on Paper and Skin
June 2020
5ft x 7ft x 4.5ft
This work was created in my room during the pandemic, in which I used a pen to decorate my room's walls (which were covered in paper) and my skin. The abstract shapes used were a motif that I had been doodling frequently. The doodles, often found in the edges of my class notebooks and sketchbooks, were a method of both calming and distracting myself during an uncertain time. Magnifying the doodles to cover my room and my body was an incredibly meditative process and also served to show the weight of my worries.
Pen on Paper and Skin
June 2020
5ft x 7ft x 4.5ft
This work was created in my room during the pandemic, in which I used a pen to decorate my room's walls (which were covered in paper) and my skin. The abstract shapes used were a motif that I had been doodling frequently. The doodles, often found in the edges of my class notebooks and sketchbooks, were a method of both calming and distracting myself during an uncertain time. Magnifying the doodles to cover my room and my body was an incredibly meditative process and also served to show the weight of my worries.
IV Landscape
Watercolor
February 2021
28" x 30.5"
This piece is a watercolor painting, crafted in a collage-like style to replicate the expansive and all-encompassing qualities of the natural world. It was made during my time in Santa Barbara during the pandemic. During a time when I was isolated from my family and greater social circle, I began to explore the world around me and developed a deeper appreciation for its intricacies and beauty.
Grey Spring
Watercolor on paper collage
July 2023
42inx30in
This is a watercolor collage, made after I moved to Los Angeles. I shifted my paintings to watercolor during the pandemic, due to their ability to remain tidy in shared spaces in which traditional oil painting may be hazardous. The medium lent itself to collage-like works in which I tried to challenge the limitations of traditional paintings in a way that accurately depicted the immersive nature of the outdoors. It explores the beauty of a city that is located next to the sea, and how nature interacts with people and the harsher elements of the city. The piece also conveys the energy of walking through the beach and city at night and how it can be both lonely and peaceful at the same time.
Watercolor on paper collage
July 2023
42inx30in
This is a watercolor collage, made after I moved to Los Angeles. I shifted my paintings to watercolor during the pandemic, due to their ability to remain tidy in shared spaces in which traditional oil painting may be hazardous. The medium lent itself to collage-like works in which I tried to challenge the limitations of traditional paintings in a way that accurately depicted the immersive nature of the outdoors. It explores the beauty of a city that is located next to the sea, and how nature interacts with people and the harsher elements of the city. The piece also conveys the energy of walking through the beach and city at night and how it can be both lonely and peaceful at the same time.
Swamp
October 2022
Watercolor on Paper
24in x 30in
This is a surreal piece that explores feelings of environmental dread and powerlessness over world events. The large, looming figures represent hidden powers and the massive scale of issues that we have become inundated with, especially now with a constant news cycle and access to information at all hours.
October 2022
Watercolor on Paper
24in x 30in
This is a surreal piece that explores feelings of environmental dread and powerlessness over world events. The large, looming figures represent hidden powers and the massive scale of issues that we have become inundated with, especially now with a constant news cycle and access to information at all hours.
What We Carry
2023-2024
Clothing tags, Recycled Textiles, Found Objects
This piece celebrates the things we carry with us in our day to day lives, examining the functionality of clothing as well as the stories that clothes and possessions can tell. The works features found and ready made objects donated to me by friends and family including keys, keychains wallets, lighters, matches, lipgloss, pocketknives, contraceptives, coins, and wrappers. The fire motif plays with sexual innuendo as well as themes of environmental damage caused by clothing overuse. This piece is focused on the duality of garments, showing how they can be loved, personalized, patched and repaired, and utilized in our day to day life, rather than simply worn and discarded as waste.
2023-2024
Clothing tags, Recycled Textiles, Found Objects
This piece celebrates the things we carry with us in our day to day lives, examining the functionality of clothing as well as the stories that clothes and possessions can tell. The works features found and ready made objects donated to me by friends and family including keys, keychains wallets, lighters, matches, lipgloss, pocketknives, contraceptives, coins, and wrappers. The fire motif plays with sexual innuendo as well as themes of environmental damage caused by clothing overuse. This piece is focused on the duality of garments, showing how they can be loved, personalized, patched and repaired, and utilized in our day to day life, rather than simply worn and discarded as waste.
Panties
Clothing tags, Mixed-Media
April 2022
Size: Medium
This work repurposes clothing tags to create a set of undergarments, working as an experiment in creating textiles and garments from waste. The tags are hand-stitched together and embroidered with traditionally feminine imagery such as hearts and flowers, emphasizing the cheap, decorative nature of fast-fashion, and mixing it with traditional methods of garment making and decor.
Clothing tags, Mixed-Media
April 2022
Size: Medium
This work repurposes clothing tags to create a set of undergarments, working as an experiment in creating textiles and garments from waste. The tags are hand-stitched together and embroidered with traditionally feminine imagery such as hearts and flowers, emphasizing the cheap, decorative nature of fast-fashion, and mixing it with traditional methods of garment making and decor.
Dress Up
Medium: Mixed Media, scrap fabric, embroidery
2022
25in x 25in
This piece is a mixed-media textile collage featuring clothing tags, dismantled undergarments, and jewelry pieces. The work explore femininity in fashion, focusing on the four girls, who although are identical in features, have been individualized through symbols and accessories. The piece examines the way fashion encourages individuality while at the same time contains rigid standards of beauty and acceptability, as well as the artist's personal journey with discovering and learning how to display her own individuality through clothing.
Medium: Mixed Media, scrap fabric, embroidery
2022
25in x 25in
This piece is a mixed-media textile collage featuring clothing tags, dismantled undergarments, and jewelry pieces. The work explore femininity in fashion, focusing on the four girls, who although are identical in features, have been individualized through symbols and accessories. The piece examines the way fashion encourages individuality while at the same time contains rigid standards of beauty and acceptability, as well as the artist's personal journey with discovering and learning how to display her own individuality through clothing.
Made In
Textiles, Clothing Tags
Dec. 2020
2ft.x6ft
This is the first clothing tag piece I made, in which the tags are used to shoddily "patch" a hole in a decaying t-shirt. The large amount of tags used to mend the shirt represent the incredible amount of waste produced through garment-making and how clothing is designed to be more trend-driven and disposable as time goes on.
Textiles, Clothing Tags
Dec. 2020
2ft.x6ft
This is the first clothing tag piece I made, in which the tags are used to shoddily "patch" a hole in a decaying t-shirt. The large amount of tags used to mend the shirt represent the incredible amount of waste produced through garment-making and how clothing is designed to be more trend-driven and disposable as time goes on.
Fire
Mixed-media, textiles, clothing tags, glass beads
November 2022
12.5in x 14in
This piece is a small tapestry made from clothing tags and displayed on fabric from a recycled shirt. The work features fire embroidery accentuated with glass beads. Constant threat of wildfire has become an unfortunate reality for many environments, including the ones in California, which I have inhabited since birth. My depiction of flames in a decorative style tackles the themes of opulence and waste, and how they are often two sides of the same coin. It also draws on waste disposal methods and and the ever-looming presence of climate change.
Mixed-media, textiles, clothing tags, glass beads
November 2022
12.5in x 14in
This piece is a small tapestry made from clothing tags and displayed on fabric from a recycled shirt. The work features fire embroidery accentuated with glass beads. Constant threat of wildfire has become an unfortunate reality for many environments, including the ones in California, which I have inhabited since birth. My depiction of flames in a decorative style tackles the themes of opulence and waste, and how they are often two sides of the same coin. It also draws on waste disposal methods and and the ever-looming presence of climate change.
Heart Tapestry
Textiles, embroidery, mixed-media, glass beads
October 2023
8.5in x 10in
This work is a second small tapestry created with clothing tags and embroidery accentuated with glass beads. The heart embroidery addresses the issues of violence and exploitation in the name of fashion, and meshes the often "cute" heart motif with a bleeding anatomical heart in order to juxtapose the way our garments are presented to us versus the disturbing reality of their production.
Textiles, embroidery, mixed-media, glass beads
October 2023
8.5in x 10in
This work is a second small tapestry created with clothing tags and embroidery accentuated with glass beads. The heart embroidery addresses the issues of violence and exploitation in the name of fashion, and meshes the often "cute" heart motif with a bleeding anatomical heart in order to juxtapose the way our garments are presented to us versus the disturbing reality of their production.
Doomscroll
Clothing tags, Embroidery
January 2025
6in x 30in
This work was made during the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.
Clothing tags, Embroidery
January 2025
6in x 30in
This work was made during the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.