Artist Statement: B.1972 Santa Rosa Ca, Born to artist parents, I began my early life as a painter. Like many painters I wanted to imitate light in such a way as to capture it. After traveling Mexico, China and the Museums of Europe in search of art I moved to San Francisco to follow in the footsteps on my father by attending art school in the Bay Area. At the San Francisco Art Institute, I became disillusioned with painting as I was exposed to new ideas and modes of working. In reaction, I sought to “drop-out” of art and work in the streets with stickers and stencil making a process that would evolve into a more developed and dedicated practice of paper-cutting and also begin a new process of public engagement.

Over the last seventeen years, I have worked in monochromatic white for its ability to convey light and shadow and for it’s subtle capture of color and ambiance. The step into three dimensions made it possible to work directly with capturing light and defining space while also being transparent and conveying a sense of weightlessness. My own exploration of cutting has become more and more labor intensive seeking to transform and push the structural element and light interaction. A practical alchemical approach to overcoming the medium and attempt at transcending its parts. Geometrical patterns serve the integrity of the structure well while cultural, mathematical, and even possible spiritual implications convey universal commonalities. Dating back to the first sign of Guilloche in Greek and Roman times and seen independently throughout world history, variations of this pattern can be found on nearly every world currency today as well as in structures in nature. A code of repetition, each shape concentrically leading to the next variation to make a singular structure. Each is shaped to receive light and serve the structure of the whole system. The structure catches the light forcing the shadow to duplicate the image, echoing each other in two separate natures, Light vs Dark, Material vs Etherial yet there is a lack of duality in its monochrome nature in an attempt to create resolve and a sense of wholeness.

Reception Date: July 29th, 2022 5-7pm