Denver, CO
Through the transformative powers of painting, ceramics, papier-Mache, and needle felting, I create captivating three-dimensional pieces that blur the boundaries between sculptures and paintings. By skillfully combining these diverse elements, I strive to create cohesive 3D paintings and installations that push the boundaries of artistic expression. In my artistic practice, I find that the formal elements of composition take on a whole new level of complexity when working with dimensions and an array of mediums. This complexity fuels my curiosity and prompts me to pose thought-provoking questions.
For instance, what’s on the backside of a dimensional painting? How can I relate three-dimensional forms like ceramics, papier-mache back to a painting – or how can they stand on their own as three-dimensional paintings? How does a three-dimensional painting conform, obscure, or transform the space it occupies? The questions I ask myself while making work are endless and the answers are limitless.
Beyond technique and medium, my artistic journey is influenced by many other artists and the spirit of the Funk Art movement of the 1960s. This movement, derived from the jazz term "funky," embodied a passionate, sensuous, and quirky approach to art. Funk artists were not concerned with public morality but rather focused on personal expression and connection with their works. Drawing inspiration from Funk Art, I infuse my pieces with humor, absurdity, and a refusal to take art or oneself too seriously and to embrace risk.
SHOWS
Obscure Space, Solo Exhibition, The Storeroom Denver, August - October 2023
Alumnae Invitational, Arapahoe Community College, April 2023
Colorado Open, Curtis Center for the Arts, Summer 2022
The Walls Between Us, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO, August 2020
Phase Change, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO, September 2020
New Drama, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO, February 2020
Mixed Media, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, February 2020
Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO, December 2019
Tactile, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO, November 2019
BALLS TO THE WALL…and octopus, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, June 2019
What's Next, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, June 2018
Arapahoe Community College Student Show, Denver, CO April 2019
Contemporary Abstraction, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO July 2017
Flat of Eggs, ASLD May 2017
Myscape: Landscape, Cityscape and Interiorscape, UBE Art, Berkeley, CA 2016
All Colorado Show, Evergreen Arts Association, Evergreen CO, 2016
Member's Showcase, 40West Arts, Denver CO, 2016
Cut it Out, Gallery One, Ellensburg, Washington 2016
Small Works, Vilona Gallery, Boulder, CO December 2015
"10x10x10" Tieton Nationally Juried Exhibition 2015
Art Students League Juried Art Market 2013-16
Park Hill Juried Art Market 2015
"Best of Santa Fe" Niza Knoll Gallery 2014
Colorado Open, Curtis Art Center 2014
Member/Guest Show Sync 2014
"10x10" VSA Gallery 2014, 2016
"Silver Linings" Art Students League of Denver 2014
International
The Artnauts - The Artnauts is an artist collective that uses the visual arts as a tool for addressing global issues while connecting with artists from around the world.
Remains, Sarajevo Winter Arts Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 2023; Fortitude, Schools/Hospitals and Military Units in and around Lutsk, Ukraine, 2023; Common Nature, El Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliation, Bogota, Colombia 2022-23; (In)Divisible, University Gallery, Dar al-Kalima University, Bethlehem, Palestine 2022; New Directions, Sarajevo Winter Arts Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022; Uncanny Times, Seidel City, Boulder, Colorado 2021; Without Borders: Elysium Gallery Wales, this show will travel for one year (Korea, Japan, Norway, USA, Venice, Canada); The Walls Between Us, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO, August 2020; Globalocation II, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California 2020; Turning Points, Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2020; Connections/(Dis)Content, Bibloteca Jorge Boshell Manrique, Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Meta Columbia; Invictus, Global Livingston Institute, Women’s Leadership Conference, Entusi, Uganda and The Art Gallery-School of Industrial and Fine Art. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, June 2019; (Dis)Connections, Historijksi Muzej BIH, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Liminal Space, DMZ Museum, South Korea June 2018; Connections, European House, Zagreb, Croatia September 2018; Hegira and Other Passages, Gradska Galerija, Bihac, Bosnia September 2018; Wounds, Dar al-Kalima Gallery, Bethlehem December 2018; American Art in the New Millenium, (1) Artificio Gallery, Villaciencio, Meta Colombia (2) Acacias, Salón, Departmento de Arte , Acacias, Colombia (3) Salon, Universidad de los Llanos, Departmento de Arte, Villavicencio, Colombia (4) Interdicion – Ascercion Art Event, “5” Salon Departmental de Artes Visuales del Meta, Villavicencio, Meta Colombia (5) Biblioteca Del Municipio De Taraira, Departamento del Vaupes, Vaupes, Colombia Comunidad Indigena Cubeo. (6) El Barrio La Madrid, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia. 2028; Meta Journey, The Historical Museum Sarajevo and Gallery Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 2017; Globalization, Redline Gallery Denver, CO September 2016; Zeitgeist, Greatmore Studios, Capetown, South Africa and Harare Academy of Inspiration, Khayelitsha, Capetown, South Africa 2016; Art and Resistance, Dar Al-Kalima University, Bethlehem, Palestine 2016; Soul Drift, Winter Festival Sarajevo, Museum of Natural History Sarajevo, Bosnia/Herzegovina 2016; Visualizing Peace, Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina November2015; Diaspora of Being, International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine August 2015; Identity, Place, & Memory, Bogota Arte Contemporaneo Gallery, Bogota, Columbia March 2015
Corporate Shows
Amelie Company - Advertising and PR 2013 Annual Client Party
Littler Mendelson P.C. 2013 & 2014 Client relations events
Wash Perk Coffee Shop 2013
Pearl Street Fitness 2013 & 2014