Considering Space

In my practice, I place importance on order, simplicity, materiality, and placement. My work often begins by setting parameters or creating a formula. Then through clean lines and simple materials, I create a space in which I am able to manipulate the viewer’s spatial perception. I develop a sense of order, then within that sense of order I aim to momentarily disorient the viewer by creating work that shifts between the second, third, and fourth dimensions. 

To accomplish this, I've been experimenting with optical illusions and the play between the perception of the second and third dimensions. I choose specific materials to work with in order to make this play and control of spatial relations possible. Materials like steel rod, plywood, and string don't take up very much space volumetrically but have the potential to take up a large amount of space visually. My goal is to create artwork that envelops the viewer and invites them to move around the space that I’ve constructed. 

The work is intended to perplex and intrigue so that viewers focus only on what is in front of them, thus creating a truly in-the-moment-experience. In my work, I’m presenting some fundamental principles of order that might suggest that, despite the chaos, there can be discipline and comfort in defining space and light and materiality so that people can experience and carry that image and feeling forward with them. The importance in this exhibition lies in projecting conceptual order and boundaries in a way that helps the viewer see their own environment differently.