ARTIST STATEMENT
"It is not your responsibility to finish the work of repairing the world,
but you are not free to desist from it either" —Pirke Avot 2:21
Photo by Guy Bellingham
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I believe that art is both a vessel for personal and communal stories, and a catalyst for future change. For me, creating work is not only a means of expression but a form of responsibility: I hold a deep conviction that artists not only have the ability to instigate change, but the duty to do so.
My practice is grounded in a desire to explore where history, identity, and memory intersect, to unearth stories that have been overlooked or erased. I bring historic narratives into dialogue with contemporary social and cultural questions, and am especially drawn to hidden or marginalized histories — striving to make work that operates as a bridge between past and present, and transforming these stories into dynamic encounters that resonate with the world we inhabit today. My work is not abstract musings on history; rather it offers embodied, interdisciplinary acts of remembrance and reimagining, inviting audiences to feel the urgency and intimacy of histories that still reverberate through our present moment. |
"Everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us, on the inside, looking out."
—Jonathan Safran Foer
—Jonathan Safran Foer
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Art, for me, is also a tool for repair and connection. I believe art can hold complexity in a way that activism alone cannot: it can provoke empathy, offer catharsis, and create imaginative spaces where dialogue and transformation can take root. My interdisciplinary approach — moving fluidly between various performance tools like puppetry, circus, theatre, and writing — arises from this philosophy, allowing me to reflect the multiplicity of human experience and memory through equally multifaceted forms.
At the heart of my process is a commitment to authenticity over novelty: I believe originality, while desirable, is far less important than raw, honest here-ness; making work that feels resonant, relevant, and alive. This approach allows me to make work that does not shy away from vulnerability or contradiction, but leans into them as sources of strength. |
Photo by Darren Bell
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Ultimately I make art to be a living conversation: one that connects archives to audiences, past to present, and pain to resilience. Through my work, I strive to create spaces where difficult histories can be reckoned with, diverse identities can be celebrated, and the seeds of personal and political transformation can be planted.
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"Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent."
—Jim Jarmusch |
"Only people with no memory insist on their originality."
—Coco Chanel |
