I am an American multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in China. My work is purely abstract and comes from a place of my trying to meld Eastern and Western theories of design, art history, and philosophy into my art. I like to materially and visually create around the interplay of these different concepts in everything I make. My art ends up being a hybrid of symmetric and asymmetric lines, organic and inorganic forms. It follows patterns found in the depths of space all the way down to the interiority of our minds. My practice is centered around the idea of contemplation, both in how I make my work but also in how I would like others to view it.
I work across a broad range of mediums and a large part of my practice involves learning about and playing with new materials and techniques. The patterns, colors, and forms found in my work are greatly influenced by traditional Thanka paintings from the Himalayan region, Japanese enzo, images from space, brain maps, and psychedelic art. My latest work spans from printed digital collages to 3D constructed paintings.
The work I make has a depth to it and is meant to be artistically confrontational. It takes time to get to know it, to settle into it. My art mirrors my own personal commitment to discovery and exploration both in my practice and in my life.