Artist Statement

Typically, I work with non-art materials like expanding foam to create visually stimulating textural works that are both two and three dimensional. I find strong non-descriptive textures interesting as they question and challenge the viewer, allowing them to be present as the pieces grow and pour out of the gallery space. I work with ideas of creating non- traditional art with unsuspecting materials. The pieces are traditionally presented on gallery space walls and floors, presenting them simultaneously as paintings and sculptures. This challenges what a painting or a sculpture is and why there is such distinction between the two. I use three dimensional casting processes to create the work. Generally plaster is used as a sculptural material but I use it to cover canvases in the place of paint. I work around the themes of destruction, perfectionism and materialistic preciousness. Along with the theme of questioning art traditions, my work also communicates the struggle of mental health issues and interests in Japanese cultural history. This is shown particularly in my use of the colour black and salt within some pieces. My work is monochromatic, joining all works together in my practise. Artists like Ad Reinhardt, Park Seo-Bo, Bram Bogart, Motoi Yamamoto and Nick Van Woert strongly influence my practise in materials and manifestos. The intension of my work is question what art is and why it does not have to conform to traditions.