B I O
Themes I am currently exploring:
connection to Inner Spirit, Ancestors, the Land,
the Energetic Universe & the Goddess archetype
Materials I am experimenting with:
Bronze sculpture, Ceramic sculpture, Film
Natural pigment painting, Drawing
Healing rituals, revering nature, and remembering the divine feminine force guide my artistic and spiritual practice. I depict the feminine as creator, birth giver, wisdom speaker, and nature connector by sculpting and assembling natural materials (clay, bronze, pigments, soil, stone) and embodying the figures in films. My charge is to repopulate contemporary imagery with goddesses that embody central facets of femininity that have been forsaken as taboo: self-empowerment, shadow self, birthing, menstruating.
Rooted in the movement meditation ‘qi gong’ that my father taught me,
I pull from those positions that harmonize my spirit to sculpt, collage, and embody. The postures and adornments of the figures, also come from inner vision and ancient depictions of the goddess. The mediums I sculpt with, clay and bronze, are earth elements that become energetically amplified as they alchemize. The sculptures are further activated by filmed ritual performances.
I learned clay sculpture at a young age and have refined my skills at Chapman University where I earned a minor in art, and at Merritt College in taking Advance Ceramic Sculpture courses. Since 2022, I have been learning the lost-wax casting method of crafting bronze sculpture through an apprenticeship at Splady Art Studios. Raised in Oakland by a Black-American father, with Caribbean and African ancestries, and a White-French mother, I create from an understanding of a multiracial, multicultural, and spiritual humanity.
Raised and based in Oakland, California
b. 1999
Education & Training
2021 B.A. Communication, Minors in Art & Africana studies (co-founded) Chapman University, Orange, CA
2022-2024 Splady Art Studios Apprentice: Lost-wax bronze sculpture, Oakland, CA
2023-2024 Advanced Ceramic Sculpture Course at Merritt College, Oakland, CA
2023 & 2024 California Sculpture Symposium, Cambria, CA
Exhibitions
2024 upcoming The Black Women is God: We See Us - Marlowe Gallery, San Francisco, CA (currently - until Feb 27th)
Dia de los Muertos Honoring - Eastside Cultural Alliance & Bay Area Lesbian Archives, Oakland, CA
Art is For Healing - Len Sol Studios, Oakland, CA
SF Art Fair - Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
NEBULA, Spirituality in Hybritity - PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
In Reverence of the Feminine - Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
Sculpture and Assemblage - Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
2023 The Black Woman is God: Motherhood - Marlow Building, San Francisco, CA
SOHI Inaugural Gallery Group Show - Splady Art Studios, Oakland, CA
Solo Exhibits at private events, Berkeley, CA
Curatorial Work
2024 In Reverence of the Feminine - Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA
2021 Acquisitions of Contemporary Black American Art - The Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Art Collection, Orange, CA
2020 Gallery Assistant at 1301pe, Los Angeles, CA
Residency
2025 upcoming Black to the Land - Artist in Residence at Earth Seed Farm, Sebastopol, CA
Ritual Performance
2024 Art is For Healing : Len Sol Studios - Swimming in Gaia's Ocean Embodiment
Black Women in Joy and Mourning : Artist As First Responder - Ancestral Fire Altar Activation
Awards
2024 California Sculpture Symposium Karen Ryer Scholarship
Artist Talk
2024 Chapman University Artist Alumni Talk, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Teaching
2024 Deity of Your Own Making: Ceramic Hand-Building - Place Community, Oakland, CA
2021-2023 Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA
