Graduate from the BFA Painting department at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2025.
Statement:
I anatomize my positionality as a Polish and African American woman. The variation between landscape and portrait orientations creates windows into the subjects of my paintings: my identities of self, placed into luminal landscapes and fanciful stories. The identity of my subjects remains ambiguous, sharing an uncertainty in demeanor, as a result of our compliant observation.
I paint for the pursuit of process. I build up color, textures, and composition with the rhythm of my hand like a dance, circling, stroking, striping, and always moving. These steps set the tone for the image, always bold with a desire to be looked at. Fruits of excitement from painting result in a beautiful image. My use of materials such as mica powder, rich oils, and raw pigments is a testament to the possibility and freedom to create beyond expectations of what is “right” or “good.” With verve, I am thinking about the connection between space and person, remoteness and immediacy, the body, form, and how paintings are mirrors of boundless possibility.