Artist Statement and Research Interests
My research focuses on extended and mixed realities and their role in contemporary art practice. I am fascinated not only with creating worlds from nothing via 3D animation, but also through manipulating the spaces around us. I am intrigued by all emerging technologies and the ways in which we can use them in our storytelling. The technological world is evolving rapidly and I believe the intersection between this evolution and art will bring a diverse change to art practice.
My research interests lie far beyond medium, however, as I am an interdisciplinary practitioner, driven by concept rather than material. One of my main areas of research focus is gender identity and the psychological and social changes that occur in transition. I am interested in the importance of location on transition, especially for those in less tolerant regions of America, as well as the impact of gender role enforcement in youth on Masculine Gender Role Stress in adulthood. Through my research it became clear that social media holds substantial importance in transgender lives and I am constantly seeking to research and analyze this significance. As seen in my recent exhibitions, You Don't Belong Here (2020) and This Is How It Feels (2016-2019), I frequently use my own ethnographic case studies to feed my art practice.
While I am interested in emerging technologies and gender identity, I am, on a broader context, interested in the ways in which art practice can be used to communicate gender studies. For generations, artists have used their work as a way to discuss issues surrounding gender. My practice and research focus on how new media artists can tell the stories of gendered issues in our time through interdisciplinary practices like AR/VR, web-based works, and other conceptual computer-centric mediums.
My research interests lie far beyond medium, however, as I am an interdisciplinary practitioner, driven by concept rather than material. One of my main areas of research focus is gender identity and the psychological and social changes that occur in transition. I am interested in the importance of location on transition, especially for those in less tolerant regions of America, as well as the impact of gender role enforcement in youth on Masculine Gender Role Stress in adulthood. Through my research it became clear that social media holds substantial importance in transgender lives and I am constantly seeking to research and analyze this significance. As seen in my recent exhibitions, You Don't Belong Here (2020) and This Is How It Feels (2016-2019), I frequently use my own ethnographic case studies to feed my art practice.
While I am interested in emerging technologies and gender identity, I am, on a broader context, interested in the ways in which art practice can be used to communicate gender studies. For generations, artists have used their work as a way to discuss issues surrounding gender. My practice and research focus on how new media artists can tell the stories of gendered issues in our time through interdisciplinary practices like AR/VR, web-based works, and other conceptual computer-centric mediums.