My art practice explores the relationship between paper, print, and cloth as origin points of human identity and perception. In an increasingly automated and digital age, I am drawn to craft methodologies that require direct human involvement, and with it, deliberation and reciprocity towards the ways in which we transform the world around us.

Often working with foraged, recycled, and naturally-dyed paper and fiber, I am interested in how the spirit of an artwork is shaped by the life and history of its materiality. Influenced by the ecological ethos of Hawaiʻi, where I was raised by communities with agrarian roots, I seek to unravel colonial divisions between “human” and “nature,” examining, with both reverence and disdain, the forces that obscure our divine interconnection and interdependence as stewards of the Earth.

I currently live in San Francisco, where I earned my BFA in Print Media from the California College of Arts, and work as an editorial associate for ArtBae.