STATEMENT

My textile paintings and sculptural installations intertwine storytelling with textile traditions and gendered histories. I layer pattern, imagery, and text on clear vinyl, stitching them together with a barbed red line that serves as both a seam and an expression of defiance.

I often felt invisible when I was young and would sit quietly with people, knitting or embroidering, while observing the dynamics between women and men. I began to feel that my hands were recording what I noticed and what I couldn’t yet express. That quiet practice led me to center women’s voices in my work and to challenge the structures that have long kept them in the shadows.

I work primarily in pink and red tones, referencing their overuse as symbols of oppressive notions of femininity. The text I use in my work appears as a pattern from a distance, but as you get closer words begin to emerge. These writings are taken from personal diaries, current events, and the fairy tales that shaped my childhood. Patterns and motifs made with contemporary materials echo the American woven textiles and fabric designs. The repetition in both the patterns and my fabrication of them amplify memory and the presence of my hand.

The deep tie between women’s appearance and sexism motivates me to create objects that initially appear beautiful but reveal the underlying anger and conflict inherent in gender inequality. While my work begins from personal experience, I have come to see it as a voice in response to what I view as a growing attack on women. In this way, the personal becomes political.