Our stories are not our own. We are of history, of society, of community, of legacy. As a Black, queer, of Jewish-American, African-Brazilian roots, my stories are intertwined with those of many others. My work is informed by a commitment to craft and to community, engagement with society, and interests in storytelling and cultural geography. Through the processes of story collecting, printmaking, painting, performance, sculpture building and curating, I strive to re-create and re-tell my personal tales and those of the people that surround me. These tactile, process-based mediums reflect the multi-layered complexity of the voices echoed in the work. Through interacting with my art, viewers are prompted to recall and tell their own stories, offering power and weight to the creation of a larger dialogue. The process of gathering the narratives of people and communities that surround me is on equal ground with the artistic craft of telling them.
