Nearly symmetrical and definitely ostentatious

The works and murals presented in my MFA exhibition, “Nearly Symmetrical and Definitely Ostentatious,” explore ideas of fast fashion, sensuality, and contemporary glamour through mediums of painting, ceramics, and sculpture. My rhinestone-bedazzled wall plates, oversized jewelry-like pieces, and painted spaces all play with the presence, presentation, and value of objects. Falling short of symmetrical, my flashy pieces seek to balance themselves in more playful and open spaces; flirtatious, attention-seeking, and deceptively superficial, they toy with their own actualities and potential. In a world which is always eager to move forward, I savor the slow transitions and limitless potentials an object experiences as it moves from one stage to the next.