Circling the Drain
In the grout between tile cracks, in the porcelain of tub walls, and in the crevices of skin is where you will find me.
Hair falls out of my head, caking up the drain. My cells litter the sides of my skin. Mirrors haunt me as every angle is more terrifying than the last.
My nails pick the layers of my skin becoming covered in blood and soaking with obsession. The scars of my forearms create indents so deep that I can feel my bones. My skin is full of embers. Flesh forever on fire.
I spend durations of my day examining myself and reapplying numerous medicated lotions. All in the hope that it will become just a little more manageable, for the pain to subside for a singular moment; allowing relief to seep its way in.
My largest organ is a collection of broken cells; a ruin.
Installation in Roberts Gallery in Cambridge MA from April 24th - May 4th 2025
List of Titles of Pieces and Materials Used:
Skin Support Pole #1 - Adhesive Vinyl Paper on Gallery Support Pole
Apothecary of Cells - Four foot tall Mirror Cabinet containing Petri Dishes and Bottles of Collected Hair and Skin Cells
Steam - Archival Photographic Print on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Fading - Unfixed Salt Print - This will fade overtime
Bang Trimming - Photogram Scanned and Printed on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Folding - Archival Photographic Print on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Triamcinolone - Photogram Scanned and Printed on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Skin Support Pole #2 - Adhesive Vinyl Paper on Gallery Support Pole
Just Out of Reach - Archival Photographic Print on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Flaking - Bleach Print
Discard Comfort - Archival Photographic Print on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Glimpse - Archival Photographic Print on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Laser Engraved Mirror with Artist Statement - Pink Acrylic Mirror
The Bathroom Floor - Letterpress Pressure Print with Artist’s Hair, and Handmade Paper with Inclusions of Artist’s Hair
Cellular Data - Laser Engraved Tiles engraved with Skin Cells and Installed at Artist Height
Lather - Gesso on Canvas
Keratosis Follicularis - Vanity mirror - Mirror on left engraved with skin cells, Mirror on the right engraved with definition of skin disease and 16 Photographic Grid in the middle
October 2024 Home Haircut - Photogram Scanned and Printed on Hiromi Kozo Paper
Collection of Clippings - Watercolor on Hot Press Arches Paper
Emergence - Durational Performance Video
Cabinet Mirror and Massachusetts Avenue Facing Wall in Gallery Installation - Four of the five frames contain Digital Archival Inkjet Prints on Hiromi Paper and the smaller frame is a Salt Print that is fading overtime.
Cabinet Mirror Installation Reflection
Up Close Skin Support Pole #1 and further back is Skin Support Pole #2
Installation Shot of Massachusetts Avenue Facing Wall of the Gallery Taken from Behind Skin Support Pole #1
Installation shot from the Massachusetts Avenue facing wall in Gallery of 2 Hiromi Paper Prints - One with Green Mat and One with Pink Mat - In between the two is the Salt Print in Smaller Frame with Purple Mat
Close up of Skin Support Pole #2
Installation Shot of Wall in Gallery Facing Massachusetts Avenue of the Five Frames on the Wall
3 Green Mat Frames have Archival Inkjet Prints on Hiromi Paper and the Smaller Blue Mat Frame has a Bleached Photographic Print
Installation Shot to View Pink Acrylic Mirror that has Artist Statement Engraved on it
2 Hiromi Prints Surrounding 1 Bleach Print
Installation Shot of 3 Hiromi Prints, 1 Bleach Print and the Pink Acrylic Mirror
Up Close - Skin Support Pole #2 and Skin Support Pole #1 Behind
Installation Shot of Tile Wall Installed at Artist's Height - Tiles are Laser Engraved with Skin Cells Scanned
Installation Shot of Section of Roberts Gallery
Installation Shot of Letterpress and Handmade Hair Paper Piece, Laser Engraved Tile Wall Piece and Sensory Piece
Installation Shot of Sensory Piece, Vanity Mirror Piece and Hair Photogram Piece
Installation Shot of Sensory Piece
Vanity Mirror Laser Engraved Piece
Installation Shot of Hair Photogram in Frame with Pink Mat and Watercolor Piece Based on the Hair Photogram in Frame with Purple Mat
Installation Shot of Projected Durational Performance Video