I love bringing vague visions to life and witnessing how people experience them.
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I create contemporary figurative work with symbolic elements, using painting and sculpture to build narratives that extend into real spaces through temporary placements.
Where do you find inspiration?My ideas come from everyday experiences and moments that stay with me. I’m driven to create work I want to see exist.
What would you do with $25,000?With $25,000, I’d invest in better materials and space so I can create more consistently and start bringing larger, more conceptual pieces to life. I want to push beyond smaller works and experiment with functional art pieces people can actually live with and connect to in their everyday lives. I’d also use part of the funding to document
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