Resume/CV

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Bio:

I was born in Hawaii, and moved to the US Southwest as a child. My youth in these two beautiful and vastly different places led to a deep love for the world’s diversity of life, and respect for the intricate and delicate balance of flora and fauna in an ecosystem. I am a conceptual visual artist and anthropologist. My curiosity in humans and the fundamental underpinnings of our attitudes toward each other and our surroundings drives both my scientific research and my visual work. I believe our ideas about each other parallel those we have about the natural world, and I use print, photography and sculpture to highlight these ideas. I have a BFA in studio art, and a PhD in anthropology. I have shown my work in galleries across the United States.

Statement:

More than any other species, we control the physical environment in which we live. We allow plants and animals into our lives but only in the limited ways that we dictate. We surround ourselves with manicured landscapes and domesticated pets, while we destroy fragile ecosystems and drive untold numbers of species to extinction. When we benefit from the natural world, we embrace it; when it encroaches on our comfort, we destroy it. Using photography, sculpture, and print, my work captures the exploitation and concomitant destruction of the natural world and uses it as a metaphor for our treatment of one another.

Shop Info:

Please send me a message for information on buying my primary artwork (i.e., the images you see on this website).

For small works, greeting cards, stickers, pins, etc., please visit my Big Cartel or Etsy shop. For wholesale orders, please visit my Faire shop.