ballpoint pen on Rives BFK // 14 x 20" // (2024)
graphite on paper, 15 x 22" each (diptych), 2016
In Translation Quilt the reading list is recorded in English in the left-hand drawing and then encoded as a symbolic alphabet in the right-hand drawing, which will ultimately function as code for a third and final translation into a digitally woven textile.
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graphite on paper, 30 x 22", 2014
Cold War evolved as a solitary game of scrabble alongside the athletic and political personalities of the Sochi-hosted winter Olympics. It borrows its format from the crossword puzzle.
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graphite on paper, 30 x 22", 2013
Graphite Reactor and its predecessor Spirit Level take the form of malfunctioning stratigraphic records where layers of image and text accumulate, in opposition to the logic of sedimentary processes, from top to bottom.
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graphite on paper, 30 x 44", 2012
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graphite & colored pencil on paper, 22 x 30", 2011
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graphite & colored pencil on paper, 22 x 30", 2010
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The Reading Lists are an ongoing series of autobiographical drawings that document personal and cultural milestones alongside the commonplace. These drawings are essentially journals that accumulate over time in a single visual field rather than as a sequential arrangement in the book form. Each Reading List spans a period of time, ranging from a week to a year, collecting ephemera of cultural consumption from books, movies, and television together with day-to-day tasks and social events. The collection is unfiltered and inclusive, making no distinction between cultural masterpieces and popular schlock, and in this way feels like an authentic portrayal of existence in what may be thought of as the entertainment age, where Citizen Kane and Survivor exist as equally sized icons in our Netflix queues.
