Replace this My creative practice has become the outward expression of an ongoing process of psychological and philosophical exploration, evolution, and engagement. I am interested in themes of ancestry, identity, history, mythos, gender and sexuality, and the interconnectedness of natural and human environments. To this end, I make complex, multi-faceted works in a variety of media, from oil, acrylic, ink, and watercolor/ gouache, to printmaking, collage, and sculpture.
Much of my work over the past decade has centered around explorations of my own ancestry through genealogy, studies of Armenian, Spanish, and English literature, and readings in history, mythology, philosophy, and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by the ways that disparate places converge in the experiences and memories of immigrants, and the complex patchwork of intersectional legacies they leave to their descendants who often find themselves belonging nowhere and everywhere simultaneously. As a queer person of mixed heritage, I operate from a deeply personal nexus of integrated fragments and seek through my work to connect my sense of self with something larger than nations, borders, ideologies, or identities. The deeper I delve into what is unique and divided in me, the more I encounter the contradictions and illusory boundaries of definition. This paradoxical space is where I believe the work begins to have an impact beyond my individual history and material aspirations.
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