Verse & Twirl, work projected during poetry reading by Kwame Dawes and dance performance at Missouri Western State University
American Flora is a surreal collage series commenting on the position of women in the sociopolitical ecosystem of the United States. The collages portray women in athletic power poses, but their heads have been replaced with botanical elements like flowers or vines. I started making collages in reaction to the 2016 election to explore extreme anxiety, manifested in nature worship and escapism.
One of my pieces, “in the garden” was featured and sold on Of A Kind and another was used as the cover image (issue 21, 2019) of the literary magazine Mochilla Review. As a part of the launch for this issue, the piece was projected during a dance performance and poetry reading by Kwame Dawes.
From “Sympoietic Encounters: Making-With in the Sixth Great Extinction” (Jan 26 - Feb 12, 2023, SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street, New York) curated by Yindi Chen and Maria Markham. Exhibition catalogue linked here.
