ARTIST STATEMENT

My work investigates American history and contemporary culture. It hinges on the acceptance that our understanding of America is largely subjective. My approach ranges from reverence to agitation, which is, in part, a response to my perceived lack of critical inquiry in American public discourse, which increasingly seeks to replace fact with belief. Particularly in the contemporary era, events seem increasingly defined through ideological parameters. In so much as my work posits a return to questioning in the Socratic sense, it is meant to interrogate our identity so that our values become reinforced through the process of critique.