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Artist Statement:
I am investigating issues
surrounding the presupposed
ideas of beauty, style, and
glamour. My work focuses on
the exterior properties of a
subject as it perhaps masks
inner turmoil. Costume, pose,
and stance tend to identify a
type rather than describe a
person, and my portraits are
of social products.
To put make-up on a child, and
to turn him/her into an
adult’s static conception of
what childhood means, denies
the authenticity of the nature
of a child and is inherently
artificial: the notion of
wholesomeness is perverted by
the manipulation and marketing
of this artificial image.
Society’s obsession with
eternal youth manifests itself
into the performing child.
While pictures of posed
'stars' exude a vacuity which
appear less than human, at the
same time we have a
sentimentality towards our
pets - projecting human
qualities on them.
I focus on the image and loss
of identity in order to
describe a kind of compelling
yet disturbing beauty that I
see. I magnify the visual and
encourage my own technique to
evoke a sense of history in
relation to contemporary
culture such as in traditional
portraiture. By doing this, I
am hoping to create a sense of
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Artist Exhibitions:
Mountain View City Hall ‘Art
in Action’ faculty exhibition,
Mountain View, CA Jan 2006,
2008
Cricket Engine Gallery,
Oakland, CA
“Dangerous Playthings” – Group
show
September 2004
Balazo Gallery, San Francisco,
CA
February 2004, August
2003
Group themed mixed media shows
ATA gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aug – Sept. 2002
‘Openings’ San ...
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Collections:
Jim Goldberg, San Francisco,
CA USA
San Francisco Arts Commission
Slide Registry,
San Francisco, CA USA...
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