Drone Prix

Drone Prix, 2018 24' high x 150' wide x 60' deep Steel, Paint, LEDs Light City Baltimore, Rash Field In Collaboration with Global Air Media Commissioned by BOPA

Off the Rails

Off the Rails, 2018

Dimensions variable, 10' high, 5' wide x 7' long.

Pulled glass gold ruby twisted cane, 3D printed plastic, LEDs, custom lighting program, wire.

Square Calendar #2 (2020)

The square also represents time, with its four equal sides suggesting the four seasons, and in the form of the calendar demarcating the days of the week in a grid of squares. In 2016, I made calendars based on my square series and mailed them out as holiday gifts to colleagues, family members, and friends. Included in the square mailers were 16 square photographs representing the 12 months and 4 seasons, plus the necessary hardware for assembling a wall hanging. Four years later, I made Square Calendar #2.

Light Emitting Studies

In Light Emitting Studies, I employ both cerebral and sensual faculties to make sculptures that combine tiny blinking electrical circuits with simple materials. Sensors integral to the circuits respond to ambient light and change the frequency at which the lights blink. I free-form solder the circuits into sculptural compositions and then augment them with art materials, brightly colored trash, and cheap craft supplies. The resultant amalgamations respond to the environment, signaling tenderly and playfully to the viewer.

If Nostalgia Were Colored Brown

If Nostalgia Were Colored Brown utilizes objects associated with home life and beautification processes as building blocks in constructing identity and black feminine spaces of self-care. Each tablaeux is a site where memoirs, intimacy, womanhood, culture, and blackness converge in order to cultivate a sense of nostalgia. Iconic imagery of Diana Ross, Minnie Riperton, Stephanie Mills, Deniece Williams, Natalie Cole, LaBelle, and Melba Moore display the commercial potency of black women's bodies in popular culture.

Gestures of My Bio-Myth

Gestures of My Bio-Myth is  a visualization of the bio-mythography, a concept invented by Audrey Lorde that refers to a specific genre of literature. She argues that the bio-mythography is a form of storytelling that pairs actual occurrences of the past with imagined details relating to the scene, setting, and characters.

The Refutation of Good Hair

In The Refutation of “Good” Hair, the historically used phrase "good hair" is examines the consumption of ideas in regards to race, power, and beauty. Through a combination of portrait and still-life imagery the new visual interpretation criticizes the ideology that certain hair types are “good”—soft, silky, and mimetic of Eurocentric hair characteristics—which insinuates that hair types not fitting into that standard are less desirable and less beautiful.

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.
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