Small Monuments (wedge/tray) 2008

Acrylic-Plexi, water, carpet, cement

Approx. 18x18x24 inches

The questions I ask, are questions they’ve already asked long ago and i hate it 2016

plastic containers, dirt, glue

Approx. 36x36x10”

Rituals for Finding Your Way Home  2012

Rituals for Finding Your Way Home was a ritualistic ceremony made in collaboration with artist Amanda Yates. Hosted at Side Street Projects in Pasadena, CA, the evening began with viewers participating in a cleansing and effigy building workshop with Amanda. Nearby I drew on the ground with a stick and poured sand. I began drawing from the center of four cinder block pillars creating what would become a large maze. This maze’s contours derived from references to ancient ritualistic mazes of the past laid over one another, and erased to form a path for a completely new maze. Participants could drift over to watch the ceremonial creation of this maze and go back to the workshop creating effigies from personal and symbolic objects that represented notions of ‘home.’ As the sun set, participants lead by Amanda entered the completed maze from four different entrances each leading to one of the four pillars. Each pillar would come to represent the notions of north, east, south and west. Placing their completed effigies on each of these pillars participants were guided through ritualistic chant with Amanda. The whole ceremony acted as focus on the idea of home and location- both physically and symbolically.

As Hard as You Can  2010

an installation made in collaboration with artist Alex Meadows shown at the Bush Administration Gallery in Riverside, CA. The work shown joins ephemera from two separate events each artist participated in as an equal exchange of experiences.

Trash Float  2007

This was a performance/installation where I gathered trash in my studio and began filling it with helium. I would throw the inflated trash outside my studio door throughout the afternoon. The trash would wander and float around the halls of the sculpture building. Most of the photos shown here were taken were by other people witnessing the trash float around. The last photos show how the next day, most of the trash had collected onto an air vent.