artist statement // august 2026
My work grapples with the contradiction between caring for the environment and participating in systems leading to its destruction. This conflict shapes my concepts and processes as I facilitate human–non-human partnerships to imagine a more sustainable, symbiotic future. Using mycelium, fungal spores, kombucha cultures, and found natural items, I create sculptures, drawings, and prints. As a non-scientist, the connections with my more-than-human companions are deeply intuitive. While I exert control over these living organisms, I also enter a space of unknowability and trust, allowing my material partners to lead me in surprising directions. My methodology and resulting works illuminate alternatives to human-centered ways of thinking by examining non-human intelligence and organic processes as guides toward a mutually beneficial world.
Over the past several years, I have been working with mycelium, the root system of a mushroom, to build and grow sculptures using the fungi’s innate tendencies. I develop my drawing and printmaking practice alongside the sculptures, ensuring each influences the form of the other. My practice often relates to place, examining how a region’s terrain, formed by human and environmental forces, shapes experiences within it. My most recent exhibition, Ground Truthing, explores anthropogenic legacies and non-human agency in Silver City, New Mexico. Collapsing the distance between the microscopic and the topographical, this body of work considers the Gila Wilderness, Silver City’s industrial history, and symbiotic microbial processes to reveal interwoven relationships between humans and nature. Ultimately, throughout my practice, I aim to encourage discussions about the elaborate ecosystems we are a part of and solutions for their and our continued survival.