Artist Statement​

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My work often deals with issues of identity where I use the line as a way to explore complex relationships. My aim is to create works that challenge our passive ways of looking. The subject of my work comes from my own narrative with social, political and cultural content, past and present. I am interested in creating a dialogue that speak in nuanced ways to issues of race, gender, beauty and class. In my work the curly line takes on special importance. The curly line at times becomes a metaphor for the black body, and at other times it lives within the decorative, ornate language that connects us back to the formal language of drawing. I enjoy the shift between hair and line, how at one moment the work is read as hair while at other times it is simply a beautiful mark. The line serves dually. It is as gestural mark and at the same time, it is a signifier for curly afro hair. 
My works are largely experimental I work intuitively, letting my ideas inform my process and choice of materials. The work exists in various media including painting, drawing, video, ceramic and site specific installations.