Untamed: The Anatomy of Desire

“Desire has shaped our insatiable drive and behavior. It’s a part of the human experience that is both cultural and biological. As a species, we have become hedonistic and overcome with excess; using abundance to fill the many voids left behind by our superficial fixations. Inspired by moments of intimacy that toe the line between our carnally driven desires and the hunger for empathy, I try to capture the intoxicating lure of indulgence and the vulnerability it inflicts on our fragile nature. Using the wild and erotic character of the natural environment, I abstract forms found both in biology and botany reflecting on cultural obsessions of beauty and desire.

As an artist who has learned through working in glass production, my artistic practice revolves around using excess scrap material to create multiples; in doing so, the work becomes a manifestation of waste from overabundance. Maintaining a glass focus while using a multidisciplinary approach, allows me to emphasize qualities found in both materials that translate a similar idea or aesthetic. I use glass in a way that refutes the materials natural beauty and exploits its obtrusively visceral qualities to seduce my audience. Manipulating surfaces and materials obstructs the audiences’ perception allowing me to develop a surreal dialog by diminishing the limitations of material identity.”