Alchemy Art Center, Summer 2025

The Tide is Turning

The Tide is Turning was the final show of the artist residency at Alchemy Art Center, done in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Evie Hidysmith. I was creating during a time of abundant transformation in many areas of my life, including my first step into the world of figurative sculpting. My pieces in this show express yearning, holding, stillness, and movement.

Over the past few years, I have been propelled by an at times desperate search for connection with those who have come before me, attempting to understand how my ancestors were guided through hardship. I have learned different ways to grieve, different ways of holding my pain and joy, and different ways of loving. I have learned to listen. Most of the figures I made during the residency appeared to me in times of stillness, and I am very grateful for the resources and opportunity I had to create as soon as I received inspiration. Portraiture has been central to my practice, which I continue to approach with varied art forms — in this instance photography, cyanotype, and figurative sculpture.

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