Curiosity and wonder drive my practice. I’m compelled to create, most often using photography, performance, and collage. My projects start with a question; How did Meleva Maric’s (Einstein’s first wife) contributions to the theory of relativity get erased? What does the physical and phycological distance between reservations and high schools with “Indian” mascots look like? What can I learn from a rock? Or questions that turns into acts of resistance; How can I de-neutralize my whiteness and call attention to the invention and maintenance of race? Most recently I have been working on a long term project exploring the nature of animacy, ghostly apparitions, and the impact of pathologizing outspoken women.

Part of my process is research; seeking out archives, historic records and philosophical texts, and part of my process is intuitive with an appreciation for the vastness of what we do not know. The act of photographing and painting is also an act of devotion for me, I feel most connected to the largeness of life when engaged in these activities.

I received a BA from Ripon College, and an MFA (Cum Laude) from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. I have exhibited, performed, and lectured throughout the United States including: The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts (Highlands, NC), John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center (Cullowhee, NC), Holden Gallery (Swannanoa, NC),The Asheville Art Museum (Asheville, NC), The University of North Carolina, Asheville (Asheville, NC), Revolve Gallery (Asheville, NC), Work Gallery (Detroit, MI), The Milwaukee Art Museum, Lucky Star Gallery (Milwaukee, WI), The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Union Gallery, and am featured on the website “Reframing Photography; Theory and Practice” (Routledge Press).