I wield print and installation to do the necessary work to keep inherited resiliences alive when democratic integrity is being duped or silenced for authoritarian state control on a world stage. I cultivate these non-compliant subjectivities and truth-seeking paradigms with the DIY urgency of digital stencil-making appropriation and collage techniques and the solidarity of diverse compositions, colors, communities, raw textures, and political messaging. My creative vigilance parallels my content sourcing practice, varying from institutional and community-centered archives, ethnic studies libraries, pop iconography, news outlets, sale catalogs, flea markets, and crowd-sourced digital platforms. I am committed to this unhurried, holistic approach as oppressive projects can be traced to many forms and time periods.
My alignment with dissent legacies stems from my upbringing in Oahu, HI, and my adult life in the Bay Area. These spaces are passionate about questioning US authority and history, influencing my desires to also illuminate and learn about power imbalances that shape our modern social conditions, environments, and imaginations. I worked on this scope during my undergraduate studies in the Art Practice program at University of California, Berkeley, and post-graduate research with the Center of Race and Gender interdisciplinary research unit. My practice continues to strengthen the facilitation between printmaking discipline and the preservation of abolitionist heritage.
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