Statement
Through sculpture, installation, and images, I explore our perception of landscape as medium and nature as commodity. Observing land use and extractive practices in southern Appalachia has shaped my work to be very materially driven, often temporary and contradictory, in reference to the region’s preserved wilderness and extensively altered environment. This influence converges with my interest in science fiction, which deeply informs my creative process as I consider sci-fi tropes, frameworks, and extrapolations. With moon rocks, martian terrain, coal waste, driftwood, and geological samples, I juxtapose worlds real and imagined. My recent projects utilize materials and subjects associated with near future climate engineering and celestial resource extraction, while evoking more personal sentiments of environment and ecology.
