MUST BE NICE

MUST BE NICE serves as an honest record of the darkest and lightest experiences I have had throughout an ongoing process of coming out and existing in between. I am fascinated by the deceit of an all-or-nothing mindset and how it manifests in the objects, materials, and spaces that we manipulate as tools of empowerment/powerlessness for ourselves and others. The materials I use are familiar, bodily, and pervasive – hair, paper, fabric, found/appropriated objects, plastic, and beyond – and used to elicit questions about the implications of visibility, physicality, and participation. This work contemplates the fragility of binaries and themes of isolation, connection, insecurity, and vulnerability. ​

"I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES" ladled glass and nails, dimensions variable, 2018.

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"PRETENDER" ace bandage and t pins, approx. 7 ft x 2 ft (dimensions variable), 2018

"BOUND" found packing materials, dimensions variable, 2018

Installed at IAO, Oklahoma City, OK