Meet the Artist

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

While I have explored many mediums in my time as an artist, I am sculptor at heart. I use clay and mixed media to express what cannot be easily put into words—intangible ideas and emotions that demand form. Clay has become my primary language because of its responsiveness, its emotional immediacy, and its ability to hold gesture in a way that feels almost somatic. My artistic practice spans both sculptural and functional forms, and I deliberately blur the lines between art and craft. I believe that the objects we live daily can hold meaning as powerfully as works in a gallery. I am on a lifelong mission to bring art into unexpected ways that transform utility spaces into interactive galleries.

Much of my sculptural work centres on anthropomorphic and animal-inspired figures. I use animal bodies as abstraction, removing identifiers that might limit interpretation or trigger biases, and inviting viewers to see themselves within the work. These figures often appear whimsical and playful at first glance, but they carry deep observations on zeitgeist and current culture when explored further. Viewers frequently tell me they were first enchanted, then quietly haunted by my work. This duality is intentional: I use whimsy as a point of entry into deeper emotional and psychological terrain.

As a non-binary, queer woman and a person living with invisible disabilities, the battle between inner experience and outward presentation sits at the core of my practice. Much of what shapes my life—chronic pain, bodily unpredictability, and non-visible forms of identity—exists invisibly. These lived experiences sharpen my interest in the interior self, the “hidden world” that each person carries, and the ways we protect or reveal it.

My exploration of gender has led me to a greater appreciation for the gender divides and biases that plague not just our society, but specifically the art world. I have cultivated meaningful camaraderie with women artists over the past few years so that we may support and elevate each other in a covertly sexist field.

My background in animation strongly influences my approach to form, giving movement an essential role in how I communicate these internal states. Years spent studying gesture and expression taught me to build dynamism into stillness. I use stylized shapes, bold colour, and controlled exaggeration to give each piece a sense of life.

Across my body of work,the throughline is a commitment to emotional accessibility. I create art meant to be approached, touched, or lived with. The significance of my practice lies in its invitation: to slow down, look closely, and consider one’s own interior landscape reflected back through abstraction. My hope is always that a piece draws viewers in with its approachable form, then offers them an encounter with something profound, familiar, and challenging.