the yellow wallpaper is an installation of over 200 clay tiles of various floral shapes in yellow tones, hung to resemble wallpaper. These tiles were formed in the same process as the sugar cookies of my childhood. Both dough and clay rolled by hand, cut with stainless steel cutters of various shapes and sizes. My studio space is most often my kitchen, so clay and cookies inhabit the same space, the identities of artist-mother working in parallel, in tandem. Rooting my work q

As a queer and non-binary individual, my body often becomes a topic of discussion. My expressions of masculinity and femininity are frequently questioned and scrutinized. In this series, "Bio-Power," I engage with Michel Foucault's theory by examining how various perspectives—those focused on biological sex, legislation and policing, and religious interpretations of gender and reproduction—attempt to discipline and define my identity.

Past, Present, Future is reminiscent of a tarot card reading, an insight into the passage of time and the journey of life. I'm in my last semester of university, impatiently awaiting the moment when I'll be released into the world and endlessly reflecting on all that has brought me here. The past is kneeling down with an offering, constructed of collaged drawings made in the past year or two and as far back as childhood....

Small Rewards brings together fifteen ten-inch star-shaped oil paintings arranged to resemble a collection of badges, tokens, or small emblems. Installed together, the works read as fragments of memory: objects, images, and symbols drawn from personal history, pop culture, and visual references that evoke nostalgia while also carrying something slightly uncanny.

Bittersweet presents selected artworks from an earlier grant project that expanded my artistic practice and fostered artistic collaborations with 3 Deaf artists. I wanted to push out of my own box, creatively expand into different mediums, textures, and approaches in my work. Using four areas of creative research, I dove into themes of whimsy, humour, grief, anger, pain, and an evolving identity.