Experience is a virtue, but our childhood daydreams never really leave us. They quietly tag along, shaping who we are, how we see the world, and even the choices we make as adults. My work exists at the intersection of memory, movement, and identity, where the adult body interacts sometimes awkwardly, sometimes playfully, with the nostalgic objects and sensory triggers of its past.
Using vibrant colors and dreamlike palettes, I create sculptural and mixed-media pieces that investigate how childhood nostalgia transforms the way we inhabit our adult selves. My practice has expanded to include food, household items, and other sensory cues from youth, such as candy wrappers, cereal, pool floats, and stuffed animals. These details are more than just visual; they carry stories, comfort, and emotional weight.
I'm drawn to the strange, often surreal relationship between physical form and emotional memory, how a cartoon-branded snack or brightly colored toy can become a portal to a different time. My art plays with scale, distortion, and setting to evoke a world where these familiar artifacts aren’t just relics, they’re part of an ongoing, lived experience. In some pieces, the body becomes exaggerated or fragmented, echoing the disjointed way memories morph over time. In others, the interaction between figure and object becomes almost performative, reenacting moments we didn’t even know shaped us.
At its core, my practice is about the emotional residue of play and comfort, how simple things from our past continue to ripple through our present. I explore how nostalgia can soothe, confront, and even reshape our sense of self. Through it all, I aim to hold space for reflection and joy and to remind myself (and others) to enjoy the now. Even as we revisit the past, there's magic in being fully present in the moment.
