Baker Artist Portfolios

ETA: Rerouted is an exhibition of works by Mollye Bendell, JLS Gangwisch, and Christopher Kojzar, members of the Baltimore-based collective strikeWare who utilize multimedia to comment on the line between human and user experience. The exhibition explores abstract place and spatial relations, querying the concept of the journey versus the destination and all that one might encounter between the two. Bendell, Gangwisch, and Kojzar explore those “in-beween” spaces, both physically and digitally.

In addition to my poems and short essays which largely examine my own experiences, I do a lot of writing about other artists in essays and articles. I have had the pleasure of writing pieces for BMoreArt which allow me to explore the many great creative institutions in our city. I have written about the Baltimore School for the Arts, Maryland Center for History and Culture, Alex Cooper Auctioneers, TRIBE, CPM Gallery, and others. 

As the title suggests, Chaos Theories draws on science in many of its poems, using the language and systems of the natural world as metaphor for the emotional world.

Girls Like Us was a difficult book to write, as it delves into my most intimate and darkest places. But it was also liberating to put the poems out in the world, allowing me to move on from the trauma they describe.

Sometimes I have ideas that don't seem quite right for a poem, so I use the essay form. Most recently, I have enjoyed the hybrid form of the flash essay -- usually around 1000 words or fewer.