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Rooted in vulnerability and domesticity, my practice delves into the connections between autism, trauma, and childhood. At their intersection lie shared experiences of infantilization, misplacement, and dismissal, which I explore in my work through the use of docile cats, untouched spaces, and intricate patterns. I am considering cuteness as a means to generate an experience of exclusion through feelings of pity and dehumanization. By employing the adorable, I aim to highlight the degradation inherent to viewing something as “cute”. My practice interrogates preconceived notions of what is deemed worthy of perception and regard. I utilize the ordinary and familiar to challenge the comfortability associated with domestic spaces, while employing cuteness and decoration to further distort and conceal an underlying tension. 

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I work primarily in printmaking and fiber arts, utilizing silkscreen, intaglio, relief, and quiltmaking to investigate these dynamics. Repetition, through patterning, imagery, and process, is crucial to my practice. The compulsion to recreate the same steps over and over while ignoring the reproducibility inherent to printmaking weaves itself throughout my work. I am intrigued by the erasure of the process and labor upon viewing the pieces. More specifically, I am fascinated by the relation to the experience of invalidation that continually informs my thinking and technique based on extensive research in individual differences and their social implications.