I am an artist living and working in Berkeley, California.
I am interested in scientific concepts, the equipment used to study them, and the visualizations created to explain them. Through my layperson’s understanding of these concepts and a process of massive oversimplification and iteration, I create highly organized, graphic artworks. These works are symbolically suggestive of their sources but stripped of any scientific rigor or meaning.
I don’t make art as an attempt to represent these scientific “truths.” Instead, the process feels like a prayer to what I see as the most hopeful and meaningful pursuits of humanity as a whole. Prayer is a charged word and I use it here irreligiously. I see prayer as an act that expends energy towards a goal in a manner that cannot affect real change towards that goal. It is action without reaction; a spell that is cast only to conjure hope. I make my art as an attempt to feel that change is possible, knowing that my art practice cannot bring that change. It is a personal attempt at creating hope.
A note on process and materials:
I create my paintings using digital and traditional drafting tools. Designs are developed in AutoCAD through a process of iteration and modification. These designs are used as a guide for the final drawings which are made by hand using a drafting arm. The pieces are then painted with gouache.
I strive to be aware of the impact my work has on the environment and continue looking for ways to reduce the waste and pollution that I generate. I try to avoid resin based products, cadmium pigments and water intensive processes like dyeing and screenprint. These considerations are not enough but they are a step in a good direction. I absolutely do not use A.I.