I create to make sense of collapse turning chaos, loss, and observation into something that can be seen and felt.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
I build raw, psychologically charged paintings and murals centered around ‘The Watcher’—a symbol of awareness, paranoia, and emotional confrontation.
Where do you find inspiration?From pressure. Depths of my own dispair, fatherhood, collapse, surveillance, and the constant tension between who I am and who I perform as
What would you do with $25,000?Use it to get out of debt and secure legal representation to establish consistent custody of my daughter, while funding a public mural series
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