Statement

I create handmade objects that are rich in visual information. I work with digital images and compositions that are printed on paper, then embellished with paintings and drawings, and folded into geometric structures. Often, I use photographs of these finished constructions as source material for subsequent pieces. This iterative process generates complex sequences of image-based sculptures whose layered surfaces reveal the accumulated history of their making.

In these objects, every visual layer is a lens for interpreting the ones below it. Even a folded print is a type of manually processed image. In transforming images with algorithms, I draw on my prior work in physics, where I used mathematical methods to analyze large amounts of data to uncover new insights into nature. Scientific insights can be profound, but they can also be removed from our everyday lives. By contrast, my artistic practice brings the production of knowledge to the human scale. I take the abstract thought patterns of science and apply them to tangible digital materials, thus imbuing my sculpted prints with the analog sense of time and attention that are central to personal experience.

Biography

I was raised in North Haven, CT, and I live and work in Ithaca, NY. After obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics, I became a research associate at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education, where I am currently the IT Director. My artwork has been featured in exhibitions in the U.S. and Canada, and I am the 2019 recipient of the Aon-CUE Artist Empowerment Award from the CUE Art Foundation. Apart from scientific journals, my writing and images have appeared in Stone Canoe, Interalia Magazine, and The Brooklyn Rail.