Statement

Inequities such as patriarchy and racism sever human interdependence, which we depend on for individual and collective survival. Growing up in a lower-middle class home to white immigrant parents fully immersed me in white patriarchal culture. My best attempts to subvert those influences are tainted. This struggle motivates me to challenge existing oppressive structures in my art practice – to confront oppression especially when found within myself.

In my work, I employ particular structures as provocations to challenge stereotypes, perceptions, and the bewilderment I feel. Rooted in my experiences I work to point to, question, and confront the complex construction of whiteness. I draw attention to inequity through the use of conceptual contrasts and agitations, with imagery and text that unravels conflicting and closed systems of thinking.

Biography

I was born in Brampton, ON. I hold both a BFA and an MFA from Emily Carr University. I have taught studio and academic visual arts courses at Emily Carr University and North Island College. I maintain a practice in a notably small studio on Vancouver Island, which is located next to a relatively small wood where a Barred Owl sometimes makes its call.

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