I make my own world…
My social practice builds community through conversation about shared experiences… via story ribbons tied to a net.
Free Your Mind focuses on exposing microaggressions. The community is invited to share a personal experience with bias to release this interaction from their personal narrative.
So far more than 5000 story ribbons have been collected.
The Inventor of The Shopping Cart
Meet Sylvan Goldman, inventor of the shopping cart.
Oklahoma grocery store magnate Sylvan Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1936 — and went on to become a shopping-cart manufacturer and benefactor of many Oklahoma charities and institutions.
(Image: State Museum Collection, Sam Flood Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society)
Learn more about him HERE.
I like…
I like to use a mix of materials and narratives to imprint memories of racial trauma onto my work as a means of release.
I am a collector of random things
I source my materials in bulk through a network of generous friends and family members. In the finished works, I can identify specific bottle cap styles by the individual who collected them for me.
My work is…
My work includes two-dimensional works, sculptural pieces, and installation in which the surface details draw the viewer inward to explore materiality.
My work is…
My work is the celebration of the alchemy that occurs when disparate materials are assembled to create something new, more beautiful, and more purposeful.
My work is…
My work is interactive. It invites the viewer to confront their own emotional baggage.
Spin to Win
Today I need a little Wonder Woman transformation to keep going…
Shopping carts are…
Shopping carts can represent capitalism, consumerism, and aspiration for wealth, status, and success.