Artist Statement

As an artist who works in a variety of media, I strongly believe in an interdisciplinary approach to the visual arts. “Aesthetics of Decay” is a series of paintings, drawings, videos, and installation that challenge our customary view of aesthetics in our natural world. Rather than perceiving and representing a factual reality, my work is an illusion fabricated to conjure the imagination.

Works are based on climate change and its practical effects on the planet including floods, glaciers, and drought-affected landscapes. They evoke the fragility and instability of our seemingly tangible reality. Subjective associations are made based on formal parallels that encourage the viewer to make new personal associations. My work deals with the documentation of events while focusing on aesthetics and representation. Through my work, I hope to engage in a dialog not only about current and future ecological concerns but wish to acknowledge the marginalized populations that are disproportionally affected by climate change.

My practice is research-based. I use my own photography, documentary photography, climate change graphs and statistics as well as credible academic articles and texts on the subject of climate change as a foundation for my work.

Currently, I am visually deconstructing the glacial landscape and formally reconstructing the forms and shapes. These works illustrate the futility of rebuilding the glacial landscape, like attempting to complete a puzzle when the pieces have changed shape.