PROJECTS

Protective Styles of the mind

Thesis Exhibition, University of the Arts, 2022

The lines in my work will guide you through the symmetry of my lineage. They will wrap themselves around my brain and work their way through my mental health. The lines in my work will tell the viewer a story about my love of  puzzles and how it influences my artistic process. Think about the image as a whole and how it will change as your eye travels throughout it. Just like the principles in Gestalt psychology, how we interpret what we see is based on science. Understanding why we see art the way we do has been articulated by Gestalt theorist and German author Rudolf Arnheim in the late 1900s. Throughout the decades many artists struggle to understand how to translate that in their work whether it be painting, drawing or photography. The abstraction of the form is one way I use to allow the viewer to experience my work in several different ways. By using different parts of the body like Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu’s work, you can get several new perspectives. Looking deeper within an artwork can often lead to a viewer looking deeper into themselves. The layers within my work create a sort of palimpsest where you can see the separate pieces that were put together to create the fuller artwork. When it comes to my work, I would love for the viewer to self-reflect and ask themselves what they see, why they see it and how they feel about it. 

Read thesis paper here.