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Abstract
I create research provocations with the intention of generating communion and public ritual by gathering around the materiality of our social systems and institutions. A large portion of my practice is spent unpacking present societal structures by investigating artifacts of the status quo. I’m interested in artifacts that embody power, such as money and other forms of currency, credit cards, or IDs. I augment these power-objects to the extent that they elicit the viewer to question object-embodied power. I want us to focus on our present ways of knowing; How do these power-objects construct our ways of knowing? How is it that we can sense their power? What is their relationship to our ways of being because they are powerful?  How might close examination of these objects hold the keys to changing our experiences? Investigating these questions is disorienting, and in reorienting, perhaps we’ll share greater faith in whatever we know to be possible.
A projection of a virtual forest on a wall. A person to the right is holding two large tree branches.A projection of a virtual forest on a wall. A person to the right is holding two large tree branches.A projection of a virtual forest on a wall. A person to the right is holding two large tree branches.
A scepter made of natural materials. In the background are two black cases laid open.A scepter made of natural materials. In the background are two black cases laid open.A scepter made of natural materials. In the background are two black cases laid open.A scepter made of natural materials. In the background are two black cases laid open.
Committee
Michael Swaine, Chair
Whitney Lynn
Victor Yañez- Lazcano
Daniel Alexander Jones
Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson
Orland Bishop
Education
MFA, 3D4M, University of Washington, 2024

BS, Manufacturing and Design Engineering, Northwestern University, 2019
Contact
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Awards + Accomplishments
GSEE Graduate Award, UW GSEE
Gonzales Graduate Student Scholarship Recipient
The Howard P. Dallas Endowed Fellowship from College of Arts & Sciences
Chester Fritz Endowment International Research Fellowship from The Graduate School at University of Washington
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