Artist Statement

My work is currently exploring my experience with sex, gender, and the

binary, and how that interacts with the LGBTQIA+ community. Engaging the

idea of sex contraceptives, censorship, and the struggle towards safe sex in an overly red state. While my work isn't conceptually cohesive, I try to understand that my experience coming into my identity isn't cohesive as well. I want to explore the world of the binary and create whatever may come to mind.

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With my perspective as a POC and a queer, trans-non-binary creator, my

inherent connection to political issues usually molds the ideas behind my

projects. My personal experiences and the formation of my identity is

ever-changing, as I learn more about the community and the concept

behind labels (which aren’t always necessary). With craft, it is also

ever-changing in its ideas and concepts, and I feel that both ideas easily

interconnect with each other. What I will continue to explore in my creative process is the fluidity of connection in my community, and what that means to me through my lens.

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Queerness tends to shape the world around me because of the identity I

choose. Since it is out of the binary, I have to navigate every aspect of my life, whether it is my relationships, friendships, familial ties, etc. But

because of this, I am connected to this loving community of people who

have helped me navigate my journey with my identity and have accepted me every step of the way.