Work samples

  • Personal Space, Closet Study
    Personal Space, Closet Study
    A Farewell To My 8th Home: Bolton Hill Baltimore, Maryland Archival Digital C-Print 20"x30" 2011
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1
    Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1
    Interactive Sculpture where viewers "learn to dance" by holding on to the handles and sliding the fabric along the steel track. The dance move is an excerpt from “El Duelo” (The Wake), Flamenco. Steel & Muslin 84” x 96” x 180” 2011-2014
  • Spinning Top, Body Extension for Two
    Spinning Top, Body Extension for Two
    Poplar turned on a lathe, Leather Pads, Straps 24” x 24” x 21” 2014
  • Bodyscape, Image #2
    Bodyscape, Image #2
    Created while in residence at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Digital C-Print 20” x 30” 2009

About Alessandra

Baltimore City
Alessandra Torres was raised in Puerto Rico. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2002, and a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2006 on a Jacob K Javits Memorial Fellowship. Torres’s performances, installations and photographs have been exhibited nationally; in Washington D.C., Los Angeles, New York City, and throughout the Mid-Atlantic area; and internationally, in Holland, London, and most recently… more

Instructional Dance Machines

From a series of Instructional Dance Machines, theses site-specific sculptures and installations modify the architecture of the space, and force the viewer to "dance" their way through the installation. These sculptures were created during my 3 year residency, from 2011-2014 at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, Maryland and were presented in my two-person exhibition, "Fight or Flight" in The Creative Alliance's main gallery in 2014.
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Site-specific installation of 10 "fans" which (when open) modify the architecture of the space, forcing people to "dance" their way through the installation in very close proximity to one another. Based on the traditional Dances of Puerto Rico "Bomba y Plena), which are performed in voluminous white dresses. Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2012
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Site-specific installation of 10 "fans" which (when open) modify the architecture of the space, forcing people to "dance" their way through the installation in very close proximity to one another. Based on the traditional Dances of Puerto Rico "Bomba y Plena), which are performed in voluminous white dresses. Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2012
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Site-specific installation of 10 "fans" which (when open) modify the architecture of the space, forcing people to "dance" their way through the installation in very close proximity to one another. Based on the traditional Dances of Puerto Rico "Bomba y Plena), which are performed in voluminous white dresses. Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2012
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena (detail)
    Site-specific installation of 10 "fans" which (when open) modify the architecture of the space, forcing people to "dance" their way through the installation in very close proximity to one another. Based on the traditional Dances of Puerto Rico "Bomba y Plena), which are performed in voluminous white dresses. Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2012
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena
    Instructional Dance Machine, Bomba Y Plena
    Site-specific installation of 10 "fans" which (when open) modify the architecture of the space, forcing people to "dance" their way through the installation in very close proximity to one another. Based on the traditional Dances of Puerto Rico "Bomba y Plena), which are performed in voluminous white dresses. Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2012
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1 (detail)
    Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1 (detail)
    Interactive Sculpture where viewers "learn to dance" by holding on to the handles and sliding the fabric along the steel track. The dance move is an excerpt from “El Duelo” (The Wake), Flamenco. Steel & Muslin 84” x 96” x 180” 2011-2014
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1 (detail)
    Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1 (detail)
    Interactive Sculpture where viewers "learn to dance" by holding on to the handles and sliding the fabric along the steel track. The dance move is an excerpt from “El Duelo” (The Wake), Flamenco. Steel & Muslin 84” x 96” x 180” 2011-2014
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1 (detail)
    Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1 (detail)
    Interactive Sculpture where viewers "learn to dance" by holding on to the handles and sliding the fabric along the steel track. The dance move is an excerpt from “El Duelo” (The Wake), Flamenco. Steel & Muslin 84” x 96” x 180” 2011-2014
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1
    Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1
    Interactive Sculpture where viewers "learn to dance" by holding on to the handles and sliding the fabric along the steel track. The dance move is an excerpt from “El Duelo” (The Wake), Flamenco. Steel & Muslin 84” x 96” x 180” 2011-2014
  • Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1
    Instructional Dance Machine, Prototype #1
    Interactive Sculpture where viewers "learn to dance" by holding on to the handles and sliding the fabric along the steel track. The dance move is an excerpt from “El Duelo” (The Wake), Flamenco. Steel & Muslin 84” x 96” x 180” 2011-2014

Proprioception, New Work Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte

Photographs documenting my physical and emotional experience of Bilbao, created during my 6-month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. This work was selected for a solo exhibition, titled "Proprioception" in October 2015 at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain.
  • From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #4)
    From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #4)
    Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photographs 8"x12" 2014
  • From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #3)
    From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #3)
    Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photographs 8"x12" 2014
  • From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #2)
    From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #2)
    Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photographs 8"x12" 2014
  • From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #1)
    From The Personal Space Series: Casco Viejo, Bilbao (Image #1)
    Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photographs 8"x12" 2014
  • Shelter, Process
    Shelter, Process
    Self-Portrait documenting the process of creating a shelter for my body using hand-made bricks created with clay/earth sourced from Northern Spain. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 2014
  • Shelter
    Shelter
    Self-Portrait documenting the process of creating a shelter for my body using hand-made bricks created with clay/earth sourced from Northern Spain. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 2014
  • Language Barrier, Process
    Language Barrier, Process
    Self-Portrait with mouth full of hand-made bricks created with clay/earth sourced from Northern Spain. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 2014
  • Language Barrier
    Language Barrier
    Self-Portrait with mouth full of hand-made bricks created with clay/earth sourced from Northern Spain. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 2014
  • La Ría, Image #2
    La Ría, Image #2
    Self-Portrait with Map of Bilbao, the river of Bilbao seems to pass through my body as blood or water. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 16"x24" 2014
  • La Ría, Image #1
    La Ría, Image #1
    Self-Portrait with Map of Bilbao, the river of Bilbao seems to pass through my body as blood or water. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 16"x24" 2014

(...cont.) Proprioception, New Work Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte

This work is a result of my physical and emotional experience of Bilbao, created during, and immediately following, my 6-month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. This work was selected for a solo exhibition, titled "Proprioception" in October 2015 at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain.
  • Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #7)
    Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #7)
    Documentation of a Physical Challenge to lift my body in as many ways as possible, unrehearsed. Archival Digital Photograph 8"x12" 2015
  • Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #2)
    Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #2)
    Documentation of a Physical Challenge to lift my body in as many ways as possible, unrehearsed. Archival Digital Photograph 8"x12" 2015
  • Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #6)
    Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #6)
    Documentation of a Physical Challenge to lift my body in as many ways as possible, unrehearsed. Archival Digital Photograph 8"x12" 2015
  • Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #3)
    Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #3)
    Documentation of a Physical Challenge to lift my body in as many ways as possible, unrehearsed. Archival Digital Photograph 8"x12" 2015
  • Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #1)
    Physical Challenge, Lift (Image #1)
    Documentation of a Physical Challenge to lift my body in as many ways as possible, unrehearsed. Archival Digital Photograph 8"x12" 2015
  • Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    This new installation “Toreado”, is my 4th Instructional Dance Machine - presenting the viewer with the experience of the dance that is the bullfight, but from the perspective of the bull. The curtains covering the 3 doors in the room mimic the colors of the handkerchiefs used by the president throughout the bullfight: the white curtain at the entrance to the room signals the commencement of the event, the green curtain covering the back door of the gallery signals a rejection/exchange of the bull, and an orange curtain covers the exit, granting the release of a bull who has excelled. Guests, hopefully dressed in black (as always for an opening) like the bull, enter the installation through the white curtain and maneuver/dance their way through a winding narrow passage created by the numerous wall-mounted, floating fans which fill the space. The fans mimic both the capes used by the bullfighter, and spinning skirts of dancers, beginning with fuchsia and then switching to red, to mark the approaching death of the bull. In this case the viewer is ultimately granted an “indulto”, or pardon, which is communicated via the final orange curtain covering the exit. Cotton Curtains, Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2015
  • Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    This new installation “Toreado”, is my 4th Instructional Dance Machine - presenting the viewer with the experience of the dance that is the bullfight, but from the perspective of the bull. The curtains covering the 3 doors in the room mimic the colors of the handkerchiefs used by the president throughout the bullfight: the white curtain at the entrance to the room signals the commencement of the event, the green curtain covering the back door of the gallery signals a rejection/exchange of the bull, and an orange curtain covers the exit, granting the release of a bull who has excelled. Guests, hopefully dressed in black (as always for an opening) like the bull, enter the installation through the white curtain and maneuver/dance their way through a winding narrow passage created by the numerous wall-mounted, floating fans which fill the space. The fans mimic both the capes used by the bullfighter, and spinning skirts of dancers, beginning with fuchsia and then switching to red, to mark the approaching death of the bull. In this case the viewer is ultimately granted an “indulto”, or pardon, which is communicated via the final orange curtain covering the exit. Cotton Curtains, Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2015
  • Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    This new installation “Toreado”, is my 4th Instructional Dance Machine - presenting the viewer with the experience of the dance that is the bullfight, but from the perspective of the bull. The curtains covering the 3 doors in the room mimic the colors of the handkerchiefs used by the president throughout the bullfight: the white curtain at the entrance to the room signals the commencement of the event, the green curtain covering the back door of the gallery signals a rejection/exchange of the bull, and an orange curtain covers the exit, granting the release of a bull who has excelled. Guests, hopefully dressed in black (as always for an opening) like the bull, enter the installation through the white curtain and maneuver/dance their way through a winding narrow passage created by the numerous wall-mounted, floating fans which fill the space. The fans mimic both the capes used by the bullfighter, and spinning skirts of dancers, beginning with fuchsia and then switching to red, to mark the approaching death of the bull. In this case the viewer is ultimately granted an “indulto”, or pardon, which is communicated via the final orange curtain covering the exit. Cotton Curtains, Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2015
  • Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    This new installation “Toreado”, is my 4th Instructional Dance Machine - presenting the viewer with the experience of the dance that is the bullfight, but from the perspective of the bull. The curtains covering the 3 doors in the room mimic the colors of the handkerchiefs used by the president throughout the bullfight: the white curtain at the entrance to the room signals the commencement of the event, the green curtain covering the back door of the gallery signals a rejection/exchange of the bull, and an orange curtain covers the exit, granting the release of a bull who has excelled. Guests, hopefully dressed in black (as always for an opening) like the bull, enter the installation through the white curtain and maneuver/dance their way through a winding narrow passage created by the numerous wall-mounted, floating fans which fill the space. The fans mimic both the capes used by the bullfighter, and spinning skirts of dancers, beginning with fuchsia and then switching to red, to mark the approaching death of the bull. In this case the viewer is ultimately granted an “indulto”, or pardon, which is communicated via the final orange curtain covering the exit. Cotton Curtains, Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2015
  • Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    Toreado, (Word play of this Spanish term meaning both: the manipulation of a bull in a bullfight, and the provocation a person)
    This new installation “Toreado”, is my 4th Instructional Dance Machine - presenting the viewer with the experience of the dance that is the bullfight, but from the perspective of the bull. The curtains covering the 3 doors in the room mimic the colors of the handkerchiefs used by the president throughout the bullfight: the white curtain at the entrance to the room signals the commencement of the event, the green curtain covering the back door of the gallery signals a rejection/exchange of the bull, and an orange curtain covers the exit, granting the release of a bull who has excelled. Guests, hopefully dressed in black (as always for an opening) like the bull, enter the installation through the white curtain and maneuver/dance their way through a winding narrow passage created by the numerous wall-mounted, floating fans which fill the space. The fans mimic both the capes used by the bullfighter, and spinning skirts of dancers, beginning with fuchsia and then switching to red, to mark the approaching death of the bull. In this case the viewer is ultimately granted an “indulto”, or pardon, which is communicated via the final orange curtain covering the exit. Cotton Curtains, Cotton Cloth, Wood, Steel Fans range from 4' to 10' diameter 2015

Personal Space Series, Installation & Performance

Documentation from both Live Performances and Interactive Installations exploring the concept of Personal Space. The work featured in the first 9 images were created during my 3 year residency, from 2011-2014 at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, Maryland and were presented in my two-person exhibition, "Fight or Flight" in The Creative Alliance's main gallery in 2014.

Relying upon the body as a universal language, the goal of the artwork is to ultimately call attention to the viewers’ body; to make the viewer aware of their presence in space, to challenge and modify their movement, and to offer another means of connection with the artwork.
  • Body Language
    Body Language
    Three Ten-Day Performances for the Reconstruction Biennial at Exit Art in New York City, New York Designed and Constructed with assistance from Durrett-Sheppard, Caplan Glass and Chesapeake Machinery in Baltimore, Maryland Steel, Custom-made Tempered Glass, Cotton Gloves, Foam, Rubberized Fabric 2003
  • Personal Space, Installation (detail)
    Personal Space, Installation (detail)
    Interactive installation of found furniture with tunnels, pathways, and hiding places allowing the viewers to crawl through the furniture. Modified Found Furniture Dimensions variable depending on the configuration of the furniture 2011
  • Personal Space, Installation (detail)
    Personal Space, Installation (detail)
    Interactive installation of found furniture with tunnels, pathways, and hiding places allowing the viewers to crawl through the furniture. Modified Found Furniture Dimensions variable depending on the configuration of the furniture 2011
  • Personal Space, Installation (detail)
    Personal Space, Installation (detail)
    Interactive installation of found furniture with tunnels, pathways, and hiding places allowing the viewers to crawl through the furniture. Modified Found Furniture Dimensions variable depending on the configuration of the furniture 2011
  • Personal Space, Installation
    Personal Space, Installation
    Interactive installation of found furniture with tunnels, pathways, and hiding places allowing the viewers to crawl through the furniture. Modified Found Furniture Dimensions variable depending on the configuration of the furniture 2011
  • Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Live performance, lasting the duration of the opening, where my physical presence, nude and mobile inside a 30" acrylic ball, challenged the viewer's sense of personal space as I moved through the gallery. 30" Custom-made Acrylic Ball 2011
  • Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Live performance, lasting the duration of the opening, where my physical presence, nude and mobile inside a 30" acrylic ball, challenged the viewer's sense of personal space as I moved through the gallery. 30" Custom-made Acrylic Ball 2011
  • Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Live performance, lasting the duration of the opening, where my physical presence, nude and mobile inside a 30" acrylic ball, challenged the viewer's sense of personal space as I moved through the gallery. 30" Custom-made Acrylic Ball 2011
  • Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Live performance, lasting the duration of the opening, where my physical presence, nude and mobile inside a 30" acrylic ball, challenged the viewer's sense of personal space as I moved through the gallery. 30" Custom-made Acrylic Ball 2011
  • Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Personal Space, Experiment #1 (detail)
    Live performance, lasting the duration of the opening, where my physical presence, nude and mobile inside a 30" acrylic ball, challenged the viewer's sense of personal space as I moved through the gallery. 30" Custom-made Acrylic Ball 2011

Personal Space Series, Photography

A series of photographs spanning 11 years documenting my impulse to explore architectural spaces, most commonly spaces that I have inhabited, with my body.

Relying upon the body as a universal language, the goal of the artwork is to ultimately call attention to the viewers’ body; to make the viewer aware of their presence in space, to challenge and modify their movement, and to offer another means of connection with the artwork.
  • In the Chest, Image #2
    In the Chest, Image #2
    Photographed while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine Digital Archival C-Print 8"x10" 2003
  • In the Chest
    In the Chest
    Photographed while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine Digital Archival C-Print 8"x10" 2003
  • The Bay Window Series, Image #3
    The Bay Window Series, Image #3
    Baltimore, Maryland Archival Digital C-Print 8"x10" 2009
  • The Bay Window Series, Image #2
    The Bay Window Series, Image #2
    Baltimore, Maryland Archival Digital C-Print 16"x24" 2009
  • The Bay Window Series
    The Bay Window Series
    Baltimore, Maryland Archival Digital C-Print 16"x24" 2009
  • Personal Space, Closet Study
    Personal Space, Closet Study
    A Farewell To My 8th Home: Bolton Hill Baltimore, Maryland Archival Digital C-Print 20"x30" 2011
  • Personal Space, Fireplace Study
    Personal Space, Fireplace Study
    A Farewell To My 8th Home: Bolton Hill Baltimore, Maryland Archival Digital C-Print 20"x30" 2011
  • From The Personal Space Series: Beams
    From The Personal Space Series: Beams
    A Farewell To My 9th Home: The Creative Alliance Studio #6 Archival Digital C-Print 16"x24" 2014
  • From The Personal Space Series: Beams
    From The Personal Space Series: Beams
    A Farewell To My 9th Home: The Creative Alliance Studio #6 Archival Digital C-Print 16"x24" 2014

Spinning Top Series

Centering on the body, this work investigates the way that the body is used to: explore our surroundings; to interact with others; and to display our internal thoughts and feelings. The work also explores my fascination with static objects that imply, and/or can create, movement: like the spinning top.

The first 4 images were created during my 3 year residency, from 2011-2014 at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, Maryland and were presented in my two-person exhibition, "Fight or Flight" in The Creative Alliance's main gallery in 2014.

The final 6 images were selected for a solo exhibition, titled "Proprioception" in October 2015 at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain.
  • From The Spinning Top Series: Bilbao la Peonza (detail)
    From The Spinning Top Series: Bilbao la Peonza (detail)
    Portrait of Bilbao as a balcony/spinning top. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Plaster, Wood, Rope Final Sculpture approx. 355.60cm H x 203.20cm W x 203.20cm D 2014
  • From The Spinning Top Series: Bilbao la Peonza (detail)
    From The Spinning Top Series: Bilbao la Peonza (detail)
    Portrait of Bilbao as a balcony/spinning top. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Plaster, Wood, Rope Final Sculpture approx. 355.60cm H x 203.20cm W x 203.20cm D 2014
  • From The Spinning Top Series: Bilbao la Peonza
    From The Spinning Top Series: Bilbao la Peonza
    Portrait of Bilbao as a balcony/spinning top. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Plaster, Wood, Rope Final Sculpture approx. 355.60cm H x 203.20cm W x 203.20cm D 2014
  • From The Spinning Top Series: Bailarina
    From The Spinning Top Series: Bailarina
    Series of photographs documenting myself as a self-propelled top, spinning from my hair. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 16" x 24" 2014
  • From The Spinning Top Series: Bailarina
    From The Spinning Top Series: Bailarina
    Series of photographs documenting myself as a self-propelled top, spinning from my hair. Completed during a 6 month residency at BilbaoArte in Bilbao, Spain. Archival Digital Photograph 16" x 24" 2014
  • Spin, Dance Study
    Spin, Dance Study
    Archival Digital C-Print 2010
  • Spinning Top, Toro (The Bull)
    Spinning Top, Toro (The Bull)
    Mixed Media (all forms turned on a lathe) 4’ x 8’ 2013-2014
  • Spinning Top, Body Extension (detail)
    Spinning Top, Body Extension (detail)
    Poplar turned on a lathe, Wood, Steel, & Felt 40” x 16” x 16” 2014
  • Spinning Top, Body Extension
    Spinning Top, Body Extension
    Poplar turned on a lathe, Wood, Steel, & Felt 40” x 16” x 16” 2014
  • Spinning Top, Body Extension for Two
    Spinning Top, Body Extension for Two
    Poplar turned on a lathe, Leather Pads, Straps 24” x 24” x 21” 2014

Hair Sculptures

Sculptures exploring forms and movement of hair and hairstyles, in a scale that challenges the viewer by entering their personal space. These sculptures were created during my 3 year residency, from 2011-2014 at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore, Maryland and were presented in my two-person exhibition, "Fight or Flight" in The Creative Alliance's main gallery in 2014.
  • Locket (detail)
    Locket (detail)
    Steel, Glass, and 6,540 yards of Black Silk Thread 2013-2014
  • Locket
    Locket
    Steel, Glass, and 6,540 yards of Black Silk Thread 2013-2014
  • Red (detail)
    Red (detail)
    Wooden Stand and 1,980 yards of Silk/Mohair Yarn 2014
  • (Lower Left) Red & (Right) Tress, A Self-Portrait
    (Lower Left) Red & (Right) Tress, A Self-Portrait
    (Lower Left) Red Wooden Stand and 1,980 yards of Silk/Mohair Yarn 2014 (Right) Tress, A Self-Portrait Steel and 1,320 yards of Flaxen Silk/Mohair Yarn Adjustable height 2013
  • Hair Study, Black Bun
    Hair Study, Black Bun
    42,900 Yards of Black Yarn 2014
  • Hair Study, Black Bun
    Hair Study, Black Bun
    42,900 Yards of Black Yarn 2014

Sleepwalking & Bodyscapes (Photography & Sculpture)

Photographs and Sculptures exploring my body's relationship with the landscape.
  • Bodyscape, Image #1
    Bodyscape, Image #1
    Created while in residence at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Digital C-Print 20” x 30” 2009
  • Bodyscape, Image #2
    Bodyscape, Image #2
    Created while in residence at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Digital C-Print 20” x 30” 2009
  • Bodyscape, Image #3
    Bodyscape, Image #3
    Created while in residence at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Digital C-Print 20” x 30” 2009
  • Bodyscape, Image #4
    Bodyscape, Image #4
    Created while in residence at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Digital C-Print 20” x 30” 2009
  • Bodyscape, Image #5
    Bodyscape, Image #5
    Created while in residence at The Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Digital C-Print 20” x 30” 2009
  • Portable Landscape (detail)
    Portable Landscape (detail)
    Created while in residence at Sculpture Space Steel, FGR 95, ground foam “grass” 2005
  • Portable Landscape
    Portable Landscape
    Created while in residence at Sculpture Space Steel, FGR 95, ground foam “grass” 2005
  • Sleepwalking (detail)
    Sleepwalking (detail)
    Digital C-Print 2009
  • Sleepwalking
    Sleepwalking
    Long Exposure (30 seconds) Digital C-Print 2009

From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall

Series of Photographs and Sculptures from my very popular series: From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall.
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 1 of 6)
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 1 of 6)
    3’ Fur and Latex Powder-puff 20” x 30” C-Print 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snow Flurries
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snow Flurries
    Glass, Porcelain, Rabbit Fur and Powder 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snow Flurries
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snow Flurries
    12” Fur and Latex Powder-puff, Fake Snow and Round Box 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall
    Sculpture presented with “Snowfall” images Steel, Glass and Custom Miniature Hillside 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall
    Sculpture presented with “Snowfall” images Viewers are invited to pour vials of “snow” into the figure to create a snowfall of their own. Composition, Acrylic and Custom Miniature Hillside 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall
    Sculpture presented with “Snowfall” images Viewers are invited to pour vials of “snow” into the figure to create a snowfall of their own. Composition, Acrylic and Custom Miniature Hillside 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 6 of 6)
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 6 of 6)
    3’ Fur and Latex Powder-puff 20” x 30” C-Print 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 3 of 6)
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 3 of 6)
    3’ Fur and Latex Powder-puff 20” x 30” C-Print 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 2 of 6)
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snowfall (Image 2 of 6)
    3’ Fur and Latex Powder-puff 20” x 30” C-Print 2005
  • From The Portable Winter Series: Snow Flurries (detail)
    From The Portable Winter Series: Snow Flurries (detail)
    Glass, Porcelain, Rabbit Fur and Powder 2005

Shadow Drawing

Photographs of "drawings" made using a 60 foot long black skirt, photographed from above via a scissor lift. Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine.
  • Wading
    Wading
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003
  • Shadow Drawing
    Shadow Drawing
    Created while in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine 60’ black skirt with linked sleeves 2003