Artist Statement
I am a settler artist of mixed ancestry living with chronic illness, working at the intersection of cultural memory and cultural futures as I endeavor to bridge the gap between my slow-paced family traditions and my present life during the accelerated Anthropocene. My work is primarily photo-based and ranges from found photo collage sculptures, Climate Anxiety and Adaptation, to site-specific digital photo installations, Tabbouli Rose Window. I also use elements of performance and social practice, such as in my pieces For Roses and How Much Parsley is in Your Tabbouli? My most recent works, After Aries and Faded Love, explore grief and healing after losing my maternal grandmother to dementia. This photo series works with documenting quilted artifacts from my Mennonite family in combination with elements of the natural world surrounding the quilts at home. I was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, and now, I live and work in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Treaty 6 Territory and Homeland of the Metis.