about
B. 1974, Michigan, USA
Think in material, not in your head. - Tony Cragg
Speaking of materials and process, I find that I tend to reach out to non-ceramic materials to begin with, knowing that they will present prompts and guidance for how handmade ceramic elements will take form. I like to think of my work as three-dimensional drawings, not wholly sculptural and not wholly flat, but somewhere in-between. Clay can be formed into literally anything and these steps in my processes help influence the resolution of the whole work.
Display is an essential element that I work with as well. Some recent works present themselves as pseudo infographics or dioramic scenarios yet however they are interpreted, I am most interested in the collision between the three and two dimensions. This technique is a tactic that I hope can generate more unanswerable questions about the completed work.
During 1992-93 I was a student at Lycee Jean-Puy in Roanne, France studying art (Terminal A3) through the Rotary International Study Abroad Program. At the University of Northern Colorado, I received a BA in Visual Arts and a BA in French in 1996. I continued to pursue an MFA in Art (ceramics) at Montana State University, Bozeman. I then transferred to Kansas State University, which was one of the most pivotal decisions I'd ever made. In 2002 I received my MFA in Art (ceramics) and shortly after I accepted a teaching position at Minnesota State University, Mankato where I continue to make work and teach.
Since 2000 I have been exhibiting my work throughout the USA and abroad.
