About my art

I conduct scenes wherein objects and bodies relate in unexpected ways. It is now common creed that identity is the product of constructed contexts, and that style or taste are the products of someone’s idea of identity. Perhaps we are so entangled in this mess of identification with our surrounds that the relationships between our self and our context cannot be properly ordered or indexed. Instead of trying to separate or classify, I extend the rival concepts of utility and embellishment beyond exaggeration. What if our limbs were solely used to carry around our clothing? When do gestures metastasize into decorations and spaces re-organize into patterns? By re-organizing the common relationships between gestures, patterns, decorations, and spaces, my work prompts a newfound perception of ‘good taste.’ Commodities aggressively flirt with fractioned bodies; precious goods secrete bodily forms; limbs accrete into polymorphous structures reminiscent of furniture; the figure penetrates the ground; the ground digests the figure.

About me

I started doing graphic design at a small design firm in Atlanta over 10 years ago. I learned the ropes of design there but decided I wanted to take my education in a different direction. I pursued the fine arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. I then moved to Chicago and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

After graduate school I continued to pursue my fine art interests while working in design and teaching design at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I’m now able to take on a broad range of design projects. From identity design to web to complex print projects. My mixed background in the applied and fine arts affords me a different perspective than traditionally trained designers. My experience in education made me a good listener and an excellent problem solver. I will give your project and the attention it deserves at an affordable price.