Artist Statement:

My sculptural practice spans woodworking, ceramics, metalwork, and glass, with each material approached as its own discipline and language. I am drawn to the material honesty and tactile intensity of these processes, using form, texture, and surface to evoke both reverence and disruption. While each work currently exists within its individual craft tradition, my long-term goal is to create sculptures that integrate these materials into cohesive, interdisciplinary forms. Through this convergence, I hope to construct objects that speak to spiritual transformation and the reimagining of power.

My process is deeply research-driven and informed by ritual. I draw on the iconography of Christianity and Catholicism to recontextualize religious symbols that have historically been used to marginalize queer identities. By reclaiming these symbols, I aim to reassign their meanings toward acceptance, divinity, and self-determination. A key work in my practice depicts Jesus with the body of a trans woman, embodying the idea that God could be, or is, trans—and that transness itself is sacred. My influences include both canonical religious art and the lived realities of queer people persecuted by systems of belief. This synthesis of spiritual and social inquiry allows my work to question how holiness can be redefined through queerness.

Ultimately, my practice aspires to build a new, inclusive spiritual framework through what I call anarcho-spirituality—a philosophy that seeks wisdom across traditions without reproducing hierarchy or dogma. Through sculpture, I explore how faith can be disentangled from domination and remade as a space for liberation. My work is an act of both resistance and healing, proposing that divinity is not fixed, but fluid—reflecting the multiplicity of queer experience and the transformative potential of belief itself.