Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors addresses the concept of Urban Heat Island through large lenticular prints, sound, and other ephemeral elements to sculpt a holographic visceral and

Locality and community remain at the center of my ideas when I develop work such as Smoke & Mirrors. I try to remove myself from the void of expressing a self-centered experience to take a step back and critique what it means to be a young American in a Super Modern society.  This vantage point requires me to have a different view of my impact on public and environmental ecology. The variety of materials in my works open up to different forms of sculpture and illusion that expand on natural elements and man-made assimilation of these forms.  Attempting to mimic a concept like a natural disaster through artwork is my form of visual control, and is integral to the shape of social discourse I ask of the viewer.