Work samples

  • Bag (take only what you need)
    Bag (take only what you need)
    Bag (take only what you need) 2020 Mixed media, collage, fabric, beads on paper 35” x 22.5” x 1.5”
  • Neighbors are Watching
    Neighbors are Watching
    "Neighbors are Watching" is a part of the ongoing "Views" Series by Amy Boone-McCreesh. This work on paper is collage and mixed media, complete with a curtain pattern created by watching eyes. Boone-McCreesh is interested in the ways taste and class manifest in our lives visually, including our home and the aesthetics of how we live. This piece was further influenced by being homebound in her Baltimore city home during the pandemic.
  • Dream Sellers
    Dream Sellers
    "Dream Sellers" Exhibition view, Victori + Mo, NYC
  • Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    2018, wall painting, framed works on paper, custom shelves and flooring, mixed media garlands, found objects, mesmerism pendant lights. 12’ x 10’ wall

About Amy

Baltimore City

Amy Boone- McCreesh was born on Loring Air Force Base in Maine to a British mother and American father. Currently she is based in Baltimore, MD with interests in the connections between aesthetic leanings within economic and cultural status. She has a heightened visual awareness of the ways people and spaces flaunt class, taste, and access. Amy received her MFA from Towson University in Maryland, and shortly thereafter was awarded a two-year Hamiltonian Artist Fellowship in Washington, DC.… more

Cloth Napkin Sampler Series

Amy Boone-McCreesh’s newest works on paper borrow size and format from cloth napkins, all measuring roughly 20” x 20”. The domestic sphere has been a consistent source of inspiration for her, as she continues work to visually untangle notions around decoration as it relates to the ways we inhabit spaces and hone visual taste. Sewing samplers of the 18th and 19th centuries have also become centers of interest in Boone-McCreesh’s new work. Samplers were not only a way to practice domestic skills, but also to display what a woman had to offer a spouse or household. Samplers have been described as an indication of the future management of a girl’s household and significant in domestic education. Colors, materials, and the forms the samplers and needlework took could be determined by class and wealth, indicating access to resources. Markers of personal importance like a woman’s age and year of creation are mirrored in Boone-McCreesh’s contemporary samplers, referencing her own existence as an artist and woman working in the 21st century. She humorously and softly takes aim at the absurdity of living in Western culture in 2023.
Boone-McCreesh has long been loyal to collage based processes and the precarious nature of this work- the rough and sometimes chaotic ways in which pieces come together parallel a lack of preciousness and ‘get it done’ attitude often embraced in the home; found in mending, fixing, and patching with handiwork, all while attempting to maintain a sense of self. 

  • Cloth Napkin Sampler (Thank You for Nothing)
    Cloth Napkin Sampler (Thank You for Nothing)

    Cloth Napkin Sampler (Thank You for Nothing)

    2023

    Mixed media, fabric, plastic bags on paper

    22” x 22”

  • Cloth Napkin Sampler (Swamp Decor)
    Cloth Napkin Sampler (Swamp Decor)

    Cloth Napkin Sampler (Swamp Décor)

    2023

    Mixed media, fabric, collage, fake flowers on paper

    Framed with custom beaded and laser cut acrylic charm

    20.5” x 20” x 1”

  • Cloth Napkin Sampler (By All Means)
    Cloth Napkin Sampler (By All Means)

    Cloth Napkin Sampler (By All Means)

    2023

    Mixed media on paper, plastic bags, artist’s clothing, beads, fabric, fake flowers. Custom framing with mixed media charm 

    22” x 21” x 0.5”

  • Cloth Napkin Sampler (Thank You for Nothing)
    Cloth Napkin Sampler (Thank You for Nothing)

    Cloth Napkin Sampler (Thank You for Nothing)

    2023

    Mixed media, fabric, plastic bags on paper

    Framed with beaded garland and laser cut acrylic

    22” x 22”

  • Cloth Napkin, Brick Sampler
    Cloth Napkin, Brick Sampler
    2022 Mixed media on paper, plastic bag, beads, fake flower 24" x 22"
  • Cloth Napkin, ABMC Sampler
    Cloth Napkin, ABMC Sampler
    2022 Mixed media on paper, fabric, beads, thread 20" x 20"
  • Cloth Napkin, Arch
    Cloth Napkin, Arch
    2022 Mixed media on paper 24" x 20"
  • Cloth Napkin, Purple Frame with Fringe
    Cloth Napkin, Purple Frame with Fringe
    2022 Mixed media on paper, fabric, beads 23" x 20"
  • Cloth Napkin, Double Flowers
    Cloth Napkin, Double Flowers
    2022 Mixed media on paper, fabric 24" x 22"
  • Cloth Napkin, Purple Frame with Charm
    Cloth Napkin, Purple Frame with Charm
    2022 Mixed media on paper, fabric 21" x 20"

Visual Currency exhibition at Academy Art Museum

Jul 27, 2023 - Nov 5, 2023

Solo Exhibition at Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD 

Baltimore-based artist Amy Boone-McCreesh works in sculpture, collage, and mixed media to present colorful, maximalist takes on luxury and access. Critiquing preconceived notions of adornment and decoration, especially as they relate to interior space, and reconstructing imagined interiors in a brightly colored and explosive manner, Boone-McCreesh points to the arbitrariness of taste and opens a door to imagining how else our collective understanding of exclusivity and poshness might manifest. Her brand of luxury speaks the language of abundance and is derived from distinctly unrarefied materials: wall paint, acrylic, paper, and beads are just some examples. The result is a blossoming world of excitement that flaunts the language of high fashion and design of our time.

  • Visual Currency, Exhibition view
    Visual Currency, Exhibition view

    Visual Currency, Exhibition view 

  • Work Hope Home, exhibition view
    Work Hope Home, exhibition view

    Work Hope Home, exhibition view

    2023

    Academy Art Museum 

  • Visual Currency, Exhibition view
    Visual Currency, Exhibition view

    Visual Currency, Exhibition view 

    2023, Academy Art Museum 

  • Visual Currency, Exhibition view
    Visual Currency, Exhibition view

    Visual Currency, Exhibition view 

    2023 at Academy Art Museum 

  • Set the Stage
    Set the Stage

    Set the Stage

    2023

    Mixed media on paper

    Laser cut acrylic and found objects charm

    21” x 19”

  • Vanity Wall Hanging
    Vanity Wall Hanging

    Vanity Wall Hanging, 2019  Digital print and mixed media on silk and vinyl, steel brackets, acrylic and mixed media charms 64” x 39” x 6”

  • Visual Currency, Exhibition view
    Visual Currency, Exhibition view

    Visual Currency, exhibition view at Academy Art Museum

    2023

    Featuring "Access to Beauty 1 and 2" and "Work Hope Home"

    Left to right 

  • Work, Hope, Home
    Work, Hope, Home

    Work, Hope, Home

    2023

    Laser cut acrylic, beads, found objects, acrylic tube, custom steel brackets, vinyl and paint

    53” x 38” x 6”

  • Building, Garden, Tapestry (Maximal Tastes)
    Building, Garden, Tapestry (Maximal Tastes)

    Building, Garden, Tapestry (Maximal Tastes)

    2023

    Mixed media and collage on paper, found objects, fabric

    Laser cut acrylic and found objects charm

    48”h x 50”w x 3”d (framed dimensions)

WIN WIN WIN

Win Win Win, was a solo presentation of work by Amy Boone-McCreesh at Peep Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. Borrowing from the aesthetics of lottery tickets, advertising, and working class life, she builds an environment that speaks to the absurdity inherent in socioeconomic systems. Recurring brick patterns appear within works on paper and custom ottoman seating, alongside good luck charms and garlands. Amy’s work examines who has access to beauty (sometimes determined simply by one's view out their window), and how architectural elements can signify wealth. Three works on paper are mirrored by three ottomans, as a nod to gambling's winning combination of “three in a row”. In addition to the installation, Boone-McCreesh has created a limited edition lottery ticket print and sleeve for the exhibition that can be purchased at an accessible rate. The purchase also automatically entered participants into a raffle, with the potential to win an additional work of art at the closing of the show. Win Win Win pulls at the unraveling threads of taste and visual markers of class in the spirit of a playful installation.
  • WIN WIN WIN Exhibition view
    WIN WIN WIN Exhibition view
    WIN WIN WIN Exhibition view, custom ottomans, wall painting, framed works on paper, mixed media window garlands, vinyl bars on window
  • Brick Pillow II, exhibition view
    Brick Pillow II, exhibition view
    Brick Pillow II 2022 Exhibition view - hung with mixed media lottery garland made up of laser cut acrylic, hand cut lottery tickets, beads. Work on paper is mixed media and collage with found objects
  • Brick Pillow I
    Brick Pillow I
    Brick Pillow I Mixed media and collage on paper hung with mixed media lottery garland 28” x 25” x 0.5” 2021
  • SOS Lottery tickets
    SOS Lottery tickets
    2022 SOS Lottery Tickets pigment print on paper, screen printed sleeve, hand painted scratches. Edition of 20, part of WIN WIN WIN at Peep Projects, Philadelphia
  • WIN WIN WIN exhibition view
    WIN WIN WIN exhibition view
    2022 Painted wall, custom patterned ottoman with charms, mixed media window garland
  • SOS framed lottery ticket and edition, exhibition view
    SOS framed lottery ticket and edition, exhibition view
    SOS Lottery ticket, edition of 20 with custom printed sleeves 2022
  • Brick Pillow III, Wavy Gate
    Brick Pillow III, Wavy Gate
    Brick Pillow III (wavy gate) 2021 Mixed media and collage on paper 29” x 22” x 0.5”
  • WIN WIN WIN Exhibition view
    WIN WIN WIN Exhibition view
    Ottoman made from custom fabric, created by scanning hand painted bricks, ottoman also features mixed media good luck charms sewn into trim 2022
  • Brick Pillow II
    Brick Pillow II
    2022 Brick Pillow II Mixed media and collage on paper, mixed media charms, beads 27” x 24” x .5”

Negotiating Spaces, 2021

Negotiating Spaces, was a two-person exhibition featuring Amy Boone-McCreesh and Amber Cobb (Denver, CO). Comprising sculpture, collage works on paper, and installation, Negotiating Spaces featured each artist’s distinct approach to material and form, diverging and coalescing on aesthetic and conceptual lines. Physical space, punctuated by interior design and encased by architecture, draws attention to the people and things we surround ourselves with. Peering through curtained windows, around security bars, and past fence posts, Amy Boone McCreesh’s maximal collage and installation works consider the signifiers of class and beauty from the inside looking out. Through the use of lavish colors and textures, notions of taste-making come into question. Formed subconsciously, often inherited through one’s lineage and reinforced by architecture itself, how people design their homes and what they consider fashionable is informed by upbringing. There is an aspirational quality to McCreesh’s playful works, that spill out of their frames and onto walls with joy and defiance. By harnessing harmoniously clashing overdecoration, McCreesh subversively negates cultural markers of luxury and mass production, training an eye on the psychological and often revealing nesting instinct.
  • Access to Beauty I
    Access to Beauty I
    Access to Beauty I 2021 Mixed media and collage on paper 31 x 22 in
  • Access to beauty II
    Access to beauty II
    Access to Beauty II 2021 Mixed media and collage on paper 31 x 23 in.
  • Neighbors are Watching
    Neighbors are Watching
    The Neighbors are Watching 2021 Mixed media and collage on paper, beads 42.5 x 32.5 x .5 in
  • Stormy Skies Ahead
    Stormy Skies Ahead
    Stormy Skies Ahead 2021 Mixed media and collage on paper 38 x 32.5 in.
  • Access to Beauty, exhibition view
    Access to Beauty, exhibition view
    "Access to Beauty" installation view, with "good luck charm" garlands latex paint on wall and custom steel brackets with acrylic tube
  • Access to Beauty, exhibition view
    Access to Beauty, exhibition view
    Access to Beauty II Exhibition view
  • Good luck charm garland detail
    Good luck charm garland detail
    "Good Luck Charm" garland detail 2021
  • Good luck charm garland detail
    Good luck charm garland detail
    Detail of "Good Luck Charms" The garlands hung on faux painted curtains, framing the artwork on the wall Cut paper, laser cut acrylic plastic, lottery tickets, found objects
  • Exhibition view
    Exhibition view
    Negotiating Spaces exhibition view 2021

Views

Views series:

Architecture appears to us globally in classist ways, through city planning, grand visual details and the views out of windows, manmade spaces define the humans they serve. Decorative clues, small and large, signify power and access. Small details such as Fresh flowers confirm access while a large home, beautiful views, and an expensive car flaunt power. Cultural aesthetics, passed down through families, such as color choices and fabrics in a home are often judged by others perceptions of good and bad taste. All of these aspects tell a story about socio economic positioning. These works on paper are a straight forward explorations of views, while the installation and sculptural pieces embody what it's like to be in a beautiful and maximal space. All works have the goal of questioning our level of access to beauty in our lives and the determining factors surrounding and mirroring our socio-economic status. Living in Baltimore city for over ten years, and being home-centered during the pandemic have helped shaped Boone-McCreesh’s newest View series.




  • Garden View with Upholstered Window Seat
    Garden View with Upholstered Window Seat
    Garden View with Upholstered Window Seat 2019 Mixed media and cut paper, beads, found objects 35” x 27” x .5"
  • Home with bars
    Home with bars
    Home (with bars) 2020 Mixed media and collage on paper 47” x 38” x .5”
  • As the World Burns
    As the World Burns
    As the World Burns 2020 Mixed media and collage on paper 44” x 33.5” x .5”
  • Sunrise and Sunset in the City
    Sunrise and Sunset in the City
    Sunrise and Sunset in the City 2020 Mixed media and collage on paper 34.5” x 28.5” x .5"
  • Interior Decor
    Interior Decor
    Interior Decor 45” x 43” x 2” Mixed media and collage on paper 2021
  • City Garden
    City Garden
    City Garden view 64” x 42” x .5” Mixed media and collage on paper 2021
  • Purple Curtains at the Cabin
    Purple Curtains at the Cabin
    Purple Curtains at a Cabin 38” x 29” x .5” Mixed media and collage on paper 2021
  • The View
    The View
    "The View" 2017, Mixed media garlands, wood, vinyl, latex paint with custom-patterned ottomans 332” x 135” x 107”
  • Abundance
    Abundance
    Abundance (permanent installation at Facebook, Washington DC) 2019 Acrylic, wood, steel, paper, latex paint, mixed media 26’ x 8’ x 6”
  • Room with a View
    Room with a View
    "Room with a View" Installation for Visarts, Maryland 2020 Foam, custom silk, vinyl, wood, mixed media garlands 90'l x 7' high x 4' deep

Dream Sellers

Dream Sellers, a two person exhibition at Victori + Mo Gallery in New York, New York with Alex Ebstein 
Consider the life peddled to you - through pervasive cultural bias, gender stereotypes, and capitalism. The way your home looks, how you clothe yourself, access to nature and beauty. These are all topics ripe in the works of Alex Ebstein and Amy Boone-McCreesh. Dream Sellers examines the markers of success through the lens of societal pressures. Artists have long held mirrors to the worlds in which they live and Ebstein and Boone-McCreesh visually unravel what it means to exist today in a series of tactile, mixed media works. Topics including body shape preferences, advertising, slick store displays, and do- mestic life are pulled apart to question long held assumptions on class and the notion of upward mobility.

Amy Boone-McCreesh utilizes maximal aesthetics and visual tropes of grandeur in a new series that conflates window views and consumption of luxury goods. Her formative experiences growing up in a low socio-economic setting have led to further examinations of markers of success and how they manifest visually. The commodified access to beauty and nature mix with a knee-jerk opposition to notions of “good” taste in her colorful mixed-media spaces. Hand-cut collaged works on paper are informed by the labor of craft and domesticity. This is countered by the precise geometry of interior spaces and the machine-cut, synthetic materials present in the curtain-like window hangings and wall charms. Borrowing from the world she inhabits, Boone-McCreesh aspires to visually delight while questioning the prominent tastes of cultural acceptance.

Together, Alex and Amy probe at the standards and aesthetic perimeters that ensnare women, asking questions through their visual vocabularies. Mimicking the culture being sold to them, they aim to create “beauty” while testing the exclusionary limitations of the concept. The moving target of success, as it relates to the pressure to have a certain home or domestic life, fitness goals, trend conformity and other slippery milestones, tinges their work with an inescapable anxiety. Underscoring their mutual fascination with brand collaborations, limited editions and the mechanism of scarcity in art, beauty and fashion, the artists worked together to create a set of small sculptures that straddle high and low aesthetics.


  • Dream Sellers exhibition view
    Dream Sellers exhibition view
    "Dream Sellers" Exhibition view
  • Dream Sellers exhibition view
    Dream Sellers exhibition view
    Site specific installation at Victori + Mo gallery in New York, 2020 Latex wall painting, framed works on paper, acrylic and mixed media garlands
  • Dream Sellers exhibition view
    Dream Sellers exhibition view
    Site specific installation at Victori + Mo gallery in New York, 2020 Latex wall painting, framed works on paper, acrylic and mixed media garlands
  • VM20200908_03_web.jpg
    VM20200908_03_web.jpg
    Dream Sellers, exhibition view 2020
  • Dream Sellers exhibition view
    Dream Sellers exhibition view
    Detail view of mixed media curtain, acrylic, paper, found objects, beads 2020
  • Custom Charms - Detail from Dream Sellers
    Custom Charms - Detail from Dream Sellers
    Custom charms 2020 Acrylic, wood, found objects Detail of "Dream Sellers" exhibition view
  • Dream Seller Charms
    Dream Seller Charms
    Dream Seller Charms Mixed media, laser cut acrylic, found objects, beads 2020
  • Custom Charms - Detail from Dream Sellers
    Custom Charms - Detail from Dream Sellers
    Custom Charms - Detail from Dream Sellers Custom charms 2020 Acrylic, wood, found objects Detail of "Dream Sellers" exhibition view

Luxury Items - works on paper 2018-2020

This collection of works depicts hidden luxury items such as chandeliers, animal skin rugs, bags, candle sticks, and other tropes of existing in an elevated social sphere. The objects that we buy, our assumptions of “good” and “bad” taste, the view out of our windows; these are all markers of social and economic status. I push against cross-cultural ideas and their associations with luxury and beauty. The work evokes ornamentation and formatting of textiles, functional objects, and domestic design. Sometimes garish color and material choices are used as a way to question visual taste. A maximal and decorative aesthetic is partnered with detailed processes often associated with craft and domesticity. 

These mixed media and collage works on paper and sculptural forms made in the last two years. With this work I aim to explore a decorative and maximal aesthetic while employing collage and efficient ways of connecting and folding paper to create organic shaped drawings. The pieces in this category are worked on both sides and then cut and folded to reveal the visual vocabulary on the back. Decisions on compositions are made as more pieces are cut and folded, creating an intuitive process that is rooted in pattern, mark-making, and heavy labor in repetitive paper cutting.

  • Bag (take only what you need)
    Bag (take only what you need)
    Bag (take only what you need) 2020 Mixed media, collage, fabric, beads on paper 35" x 22.5” x 1.5”
  • Bag (take only what you need) Detail
    Bag (take only what you need) Detail
    Bag (take only what you need) Detail 2020 Mixed media, collage, fabric, beads on paper 35" x 22.5” x 1.5”
  • Custom Pillowcase
    Custom Pillowcase
    Custom Pillowcase 2020 Mixed media and collage on cut paper 24” x 34” x.5"
  • Shop til you Drop
    Shop til you Drop
    2018, Mixed media and collage on paper with found objects, 52” x 34” x 3”
  • Shop Til you Drop (detail)
    Shop Til you Drop (detail)
    Shop Til You Drop 2018 Mixed media and collage on paper with found objects 52” x 34” x 3”
  • Status Symbols
    Status Symbols
    2018, Mixed media and collage on paper, 66” x 44” x 3”
  • Animal Skin Rug
    Animal Skin Rug
    2018, Mixed media and collage on paper, 66” x 39” x 1”
  • Souvenir Change Purse (wish you were here)
    Souvenir Change Purse (wish you were here)
    2018, Mixed media and collage on paper, "55” x 29” x 1.5”
  • Souvenir Change Purse (detail)
    Souvenir Change Purse (detail)
    Souvenir Change Purse (detail) 2018, Mixed media and collage on paper, "55” x 29” x 1.5”
  • Decro Foliage I
    Decro Foliage I
    Decro foliage I, 2017 Mixed media on cut paper, 44” x 30” x 2” installed with wall vinyl and latex paint of opposing colors

Objects of Desire

Objects of Desire is a site-specific installation featuring new works. The work in this exhibition considers the commodification of beauty; often operating as a signifier of culture and taste while widening social and economic gaps. Visual markers of taste in architecture, design, and history are utilized to poke at conceptions of luxury in Western culture. The collection of sculptural mixed media works on paper draw from domesticity and maximalist color palettes, operating somewhere between textiles, drawing, and collage. Boone-McCreesh also partnered with designer and stylist Jess Hammer to collaboratively create a series of pendant lights and to transform the gallery space.

The exhibition features an adaptation of a prior installation, The View. This piece creates a space meant to be reminiscent of looking into or out of an idyllic view. Views, in our neighborhoods and our surroundings are the thing we pay a premium for, yet the scene being viewed is ultimately free. Our surroundings, domestic and geographic are also an indication of access and economic structure. Naturally-inspired garlands and man-made surfaces clash in this piece to create a space that is both immersive and contained. All of the work in the show is multi-media, employing accessible materials as well as technology to further the conversation around consumption and craft.


  • Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    2018, Custom wall painting, works on paper, custom linoleum flooring, 12’ x 10’ wall
  • Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    2018, Custom wall painting, works on paper, custom linoleum flooring, 12’ x 10’ wall
  • Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    Objects of Desire, exhibition view
    2018, Custom wall painting, framed work on paper, custom linoleum flooring, custom shelving, mixed media garland and found objects, mesmerism pendant light 6’ x 10’ wall painting shown
  • Flower Vase (framed) in Objects of Desire installation
    Flower Vase (framed) in Objects of Desire installation
    2018, Custom wall painting, framed work on paper, custom shelving, mixed media garlands and found objects
  • The View II
    The View II
    2018, Mixed media garlands, metallic vinyl, 5' x 10.5' x 3.5'
  • Mesmerism Pendant Lights
    Mesmerism Pendant Lights
    2018, Collaboration between Amy Boone-McCreesh and Jess Hammer for the installation "Objects of Desire" Copper, acrylic, brass, stone, fabric, beads, mixed media 3’ of ornamented cord
  • Mesmerism Pendant Lights detail
    Mesmerism Pendant Lights detail
    2018, Copper, acrylic, brass, stone, fabric, beads, mixed media 3’ of ornamented cord
  • Shelf detail, Objects of Desire installation
    Shelf detail, Objects of Desire installation
    2018, wall painting, custom shelf and flooring, mixed media garlands and found objects
  • Charm Wall, Objects of Desire installation
    Charm Wall, Objects of Desire installation
    Individual charms created as accessible art pieces for "Objects of Desire" exhibition. Acrylic, stone, beads, mixed media. 2018
  • Detail of shelves, Objects of Desire
    Detail of shelves, Objects of Desire
    2018, mixed media garlands, Found objects, custom shelves

Luxury Items - sculptural works

This collection of works includes sculptural pieces that borrow from domestic, decorative, and functional objects. All of the forms and subjects aim to raise questions about what we buy, our assumptions of “good” and “bad” taste and how these are all markers of social and economic status. Many pieces incorporate the wall or utilize high relief elements as a way to connect back to the two-dimensional works and to create a larger visual vocabulary. Intense color choices and maximal decision making fuels the confrontational quality and questions of beauty and taste as it operates culturall and historically. 
  • Vanity Wall Hanging
    Vanity Wall Hanging
    Vanity Wall Hanging 2019 Digital print and mixed media on silk and vinyl, steel brackets, acrylic and mixed media charms 64” x 39” x 7” Inspired by the highly branded items and clothing associated with high fashion, this piece repeats my name in the place of a brand. This work considers the artist as commodity and what we accept as being of high cultural and financial value
  • Vanity wall Hanging (detail)
    Vanity wall Hanging (detail)
    Vanity Wall Hanging 2019 Digital print and mixed media on silk and vinyl, steel brackets, acrylic and mixed media charms 64” x 39” x 7” Inspired by the highly branded items and clothing associated with high fashion, this piece repeats my name in the place of a brand as well as past artworks as imagery. This work considers the artist as commodity and what we accept as being of high cultural and financial value.
  • Vanity wall Hanging (detail)
    Vanity wall Hanging (detail)
    Vanity Wall Hanging (detail) Custom designed and printed silk, laser cut acrylic, acrlic tubes, custom steel brackets, custom wall vinyl
  • Lucky Charms
    Lucky Charms
    Lucky Charms 25” x 14” x 1.5” Mixed media on panel, Foam, epoxy clay, found objects, acrylic, beads, and cut lottery cards 2021
  • Window Bars
    Window Bars
    Window Bars 2020 Wood, plaster, custom printed silk
  • Designer Tabletops
    Designer Tabletops
    Designer Tabletops 2019 Foam, Acrylic, custom silk, mixed media garlands, wall painting
  • The Window
    The Window
    The Window 2017 Wood, custom fabric, mixed media garlands, cut paper 44” x 32” x 3” This piece is one of the earliest 'window' pieces - exploring what it means to have a view and what may be contained in that view. This piece also has a formal connection to painting and interaction of 2D and 3D spaces.
  • Fruits of Our Labor II
    Fruits of Our Labor II
    Fruits of our Labor II 2017, Acrylic, foam, fabric, mixed media, cut paper, found objects, 31” x 28” x 22” This piece references a table top spilling over with an abundance of goods. The title questions how we spend our money and what we consider to be worthy. Dutch still life paintings, that depicted opulence through access to fresh fruits, flowers, and meat were also an inspiration.
  • Fruits of Our Labor I (detail)
    Fruits of Our Labor I (detail)
    2017, Acrylic, wood, fabric, mixed media, cut paper, found objects 47” x 24” x 21”
  • Fruits of Our Labor I
    Fruits of Our Labor I
    Fruits of our Labor I 2017, Acrylic, wood, fabric, mixed media, cut paper, found objects 47” x 24” x 21” This piece references a table top spilling over with an abundance of goods. The title questions how we spend our money and what we consider to be worthy. Dutch still life paintings, that depicted opulence through access to fresh fruits, flowers, and meat were also an inspiration.

Taste and Privilege exhibition views

Taste and Privilege was a site-specific exhibition installed at the Cora Miller at York College in Pennsylvania in the fall of 2017. The exhibition contains works on paper, sculpture, custom-seating, and installation. Through this visual vocabulary the show aims to question the roles of privilege in visual taste and the culture of "good" and "bad" taste. The exhibition is sectioned into "rooms" by color and media, culminating in an installation on the back wall titled "The View". Viewers are invited to sit on custom ottomans to look "out" into the space beyond the interior of the gallery. This piece is intended to bring light to what we consider to be of value in our daily lives, one for most is a view of the outdoors, a space which is free. When buying property or reserving a hotel room, the view often comes at a premium.
The exhibition as a whole dances around the idea of aesthetic taste and the way it forms culturally. Maximal installations and works on paper, as well as sculptural forms and intense color combinations are the primary vehicles for the show. 
  • Taste and Privilege exhibition view
    Taste and Privilege exhibition view
    Mixed media installation "Taste and Privilege" at York College in Pennsylvania.
  • Taste and Privilege (exhibition view)
    Taste and Privilege (exhibition view)
    Exhibition view showing sculptural table top piece, works on paper, and painted walls to reference columns and 'important' spaces
  • Depictions of Power
    Depictions of Power
    Depictions of Power, 2017 Center wall: Custom fabric, vinyl, mixed media garlands Pillars: Acrylic, foam, custom fabric, mixed media garlands, floor vinyl 7’ h x 13’ w x 10.5’ d Pillars range from 3.3’ to 4.5’ Part of the exhibition "Taste and Privilege" at York College in Pennsylvania
  • Depictions of Power
    Depictions of Power
    Depictions of Power, 2017 Center wall: Custom fabric, vinyl, mixed media garlands Pillars: Acrylic, foam, custom fabric, mixed media garlands, floor vinyl 7’ h x 13’ w x 10.5’ d Pillars range from 3.3’ to 4.5’ Detail view
  • Fruits of our Labor I
    Fruits of our Labor I
    Fruits of our Labor I, 2017 Acrylic, wood, fabric, mixed media, cut paper, found objects, 47” x 24” x 21” A sculptural piece that exists somewhere between tabletop, pillar, and sculpture. Using maximal decorative elements to reference fruit, or excess, and how we choose to spend our money in the Western World.
  • The View
    The View
    "The View" site specific installation at York College in Pennsylvania. 2017 Wood, latex paint, mixed media garlands, wall vinyl 332” x 135” x 107”
  • Taste and Privilege exhibition view
    Taste and Privilege exhibition view
    Taste and Privilege exhibition view, 2017 Corner view of a larger exhibition. Featuring mixed media works on paper, sculpture and custom ottomans for seating
  • The view, exhibition view
    The view, exhibition view
    The view, exhibition view, 2017 Mixed media garlands, wood, vinyl, latex paint, 332” x 135” x 107” Shown with custom ottomans for seating
  • The View
    The View
    The View, 2017 Mixed media garlands, wood, vinyl, latex paint 332” x 135” x 107”
  • Taste and Privilege exhibition view
    Taste and Privilege exhibition view
    Taste and Privilege exhibition view, at York College in PA, 2017