Artist Statement /

My work is rooted in a fascination with the in-between: the unspoken subtext, the moral gray area, the tension between the real and the imagined.

I believe a strong concept is fundamental in creating compelling work—but that aesthetics and structure and form are just as important.

I welcome the strange, the uncanny, the weird—most especially when it inbues some greater meaning into the world we know.

I strive to connect the unexpected—because that’s what art does, and it’s a special kind of magic.

In fiction /

I write short pieces that linger on often-overlooked, difficult states of being—such as an addict’s slow-motion crumple toward the sidewalk, or the intense hoarding of a woman recently diagnosed with cancer.

I also write picture books. Some are weighty, taking on that same angle of the in-between: the child grappling with seeing homelessness for the first time, or the kindhearted child recognizing her own complicity in bullying. Others are weirder and more whimsical and take on monsters and hidden stars and a tantrum-prone child who ends up like a lost coin, in between the cushions of a couch. (I suppose in this case, I explore the in-between quite literally.)

In nonfiction /

I write about art. Other people’s, mostly, and its place and resonance within the art historical canon. Sometimes I write about philosophy.

In art projects /

I play with ideas of authenticity and meaning, taking cues from Romanticism and Surrealism as well as abstraction and new technologies. I explore the tradition of portraiture and what it means to be a human artist by painting AI-generated figures, and use collage to create uncanny scenes of strange possibility. Works of gesture and mixed media explore the act of art-making as freedom.

In curatorial /

Anything’s possible! If you’re interested in collaborating, get in touch with me below.

Education /

Individual Coursework

New York Academy of Art
The Art Students League of New York
The Writers Studio
Gotham Writers Workshop
Oxford University

The Courtauld Institute of Art

M.A. in Art History with Distinction
Course entitled Informed: Art, Sex, War, and Gender Politics Since 1960 with Professor Mignon Nixon

Wellesley College

B.A. with major in Art History and minor in Economics, cum laude
Elected Phi Beta Kappa
Recipient of the Plogsterth Art History Prize

No need to be shy /

(I’ve already got that covered.)

I love collaborating. If you’re got an idea, request, or question, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.