I consider myself a visual artist, writer, and philosopher. My artwork has been shown in the New York tri-state area, as well as internationally, and my writing has appeared in journals and books. In my work, I often focus on artivism, addressing how biopolitics and technological agency are rapidly evolving, which encompasses changing our perception of public and private space, public and private identity, caregiving, gender roles, and family structure. This is based on the writings of Edmund Husserl, Michel Foucault, Günther Anders, Giorgio Agamben, and other philosophical writers.
Much of my work reflects the world around me. One of my recent projects, A Thousand COVID-19 Cranes was begun while I was recovering from COVID-19. Each crane is created using a face mask, and each group of forty cranes is strung together using red string. To me, the materials and the cranes symbolize the pandemic on personal and global levels. It is said, if you make a thousand cranes in one year you will be granted a wish by the gods, and are granted happiness, eternal good luck, and recovery from illness. It is my wish that we, as a global society, not only recover from COVID-19, but also see the injustices that this pandemic has highlighted, such as racial, social, and economic inequalities in the US and across the globe.
