I’m a non-binary multidisciplinary artist/performer creating works rooted in mental illness, addictionin, queer survivalism, and a loneliness I see pinned beneath glamour and iconography. Presented through painting, sculpture, doll-making, play-wrighting, wig construction, or performance, my work confronts the “backstage” reality of queer life, often pulling from tragic tropes of fame, theater culture, magic, and camp excess.

I’m profoundly influenced by The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland, and the cultural mythology they have created. As a queer child, I was allegiant to Dorothy and Judy as symbols of hope, or escape from harsh reality- but in time, I felt deeper tragedies in Garland’s life experiences: addictions, celebrity pressures, and mental illness. My works weave these tragedies together- emotional collapse is merged with humor, spectacle, and unreliable narration. 

I create emotionally fraught, vibrant, inconsistent characters across media—from my sculpted figurines and dolls to plays and installations. My tones tend toward the loud and clownlike: garish colors, glittering melancholic figures, the sparkly visual noise of my depression. And underneath it all, I’m always begging the same questions: what’s the cost of performance? Who gets to be seen? Who gets to survive?

I hold a BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from VCUarts (2020), with a minor in Craft + Material Studies. I was awarded the Peach Tree Scholarship in 2018 and 2019, and the “Most Dangerous Artist” award in 2017. I currently live and work in Dayton, Ohio, where I am editing the script for a new play and designing its set and costumes—bringing together nearly all of my material and emotional concerns.