I am a Canadian interdisciplinary artist based in New York City, exploring the material processes of creation to navigate states of being such as grief, undoing, and queer identity. My work spans photography, public art, and sculpture. My style is typically fragmented and maximalist. My art prompts questions about shedding our skin and examining what lies beneath when we tear ourselves apart. I do this through a queer perspective, incorporating elements of Jewish ritual and self-portraiture to explore the body's fragmentation and underlying subjectivity.
One of my monumental sculptures, "To Reflect Everything," recreates the 1986 satellite Ajisai, resembling a disco ball. It sits atop a lunar lander-like structure, appearing ready for departure. As viewers approach the sculpture, they find themselves vanishing within the cracks and gaps of the mirrors as well as fragmented by its numerous reflective surfaces. This process creates a complex dialogue, invoking the narcissus principle as we continually search for our own reflection. At the core of this work lies a meditation on José Esteban Muñoz's ideas about queer utopia, suggesting that it resides in the realm of becoming rather than the present. The disco ball, an enduring symbol of queer culture, not only mirrors the entire world but also fractures it, fostering intricate connections between the viewer, bodies, and the world.
Throughout my work, the recurring theme is the exploration of the self and the body, as well as the concept of wholeness. This theme manifests in photographs that portray the atomized body spread across gallery walls and in weighty sculptures resembling Challah bread, evoking the image of bodies torn apart and suspended. The question of what it means to inhabit a body or view the world from within one's body continues to be a central focus for me.