Photo by Carlos Becerra
My paintings investigate contemporary society through colorful and intuitive world building. I use imagery grounded in my childhood, distant memories growing up in New York City, and media such as comics and cartoons. Color plays an integral role in my work, often used as an instrument to direct the separation and harmony of objects, figures, and spaces. Compositions often combine elements of the interior and exterior, blending into dreamlike spaces and blurring lines of consciousness. Figures are often cropped or obscured. Within this sense of nostalgic surrealism, the tension between play, humor, and discomfort is also central to my work. My paintings engage with motifs of both national and personal identity, questioning and reflecting on their implications.
Education
2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
Residencies
Mudhouse Residency, Agios Ioannis, Crete, 2025
School of Visual Arts Residency, New York, NY, 2025
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Playing, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
FEET PICS, RUBY/DAKOTA, New York, NY
2025
Still Wet, SVA Residency, New York, NY
2024
Midsummer’s Dream of Me, Black Girl Fight Club, New York, NY
Annual Benefit Auction, NYC Culture Club, New York, NY
Inhale The Exhaust, All Street, New York, NY
2022
Lines Made by Walking, Warner Gallery, Millbrook, NY
Flame Casts No Shadow, Subtitled NYC, Brooklyn, NY
The Black Biennial, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
RISD Painting Senior Show, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, R
Of Soiled Bodies, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Solo Exhibitions
Snap Shot, Charmoli Ciarmoli, Artsy, 2025
SVA Residency Pop Up, Chelsea, NY, 2025
Gateways, Thames Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2023