Artist Statement:

In objection to historic and continued abuses toward Queer peoples, I collect Queer materials and organize them into a growing arsenal of assemblages and constructions. The Queerness of the objects and materials in my works comes from my own understanding of “Queerness”. I define Queerness as an attribute that extends past the realms of sexuality and gender identity. To be Queer is to be abandoned, broken, hidden, discarded, and/or confined. 

Building off the work of Holocaust survivors and AIDS activists who symbolically reclaimed the Pink and Black triangles, I claim all triangles for Queer people. Through my work, I exclaim triangles to be a counterpoint to the binary. Triangles are easily recognizable despite their differences and are extremely strong, balanced, and withstanding. I see triangles as the shape that will bring forward a Queer utopia.

In the vein of bringing forward a Queer utopia, I design my larger works to be easily transportable; needing only a handful of bolts to come apart. I relate this portability to both the military-like mobilization needed for battlefield structures and the Queer experience of relocating in search of safety, acceptance, and love.