warrior / artist / endearingly awkward

What do we create in the space pain occupies? How do we utilize pain as a process through which to translate our inner stories?

I became interested in using pain as a creative process the more I became trapped in my own body due to a series of neurological and muscular skeletal disorders including fibromyalgia. It became a motif played out across various mediums allowing it to move through me and become transformed into something new. I’m drawn to vulnerability and the various ways we convey it in our every day lives.

I’m a process artist whose interested in the ways in which the body creates narratives of healing using a combination of photography, writing, photo weaving, and fiber installations to understand the space pain resides. I received my BFA from Denison University and MFA from Columbus College of Art and Design. Originally from the Catskill Mountains in New York, I currently reside in Syracuse, NY with my dog Riley.