About
Artist Statement
My work is rooted in the belief that joy is a form of resistance.
In a world that often asks us to shrink, dim, or disconnect from ourselves, I create art that does the opposite—it reignites, expands, and remembers. Through bold color, layered texture, and abstract form, I make work that reconnects people with their vibrancy—the part of them that still feels curious, alive, and full of possibility.
My materials and process mirror this emotional landscape. I paint on transparent polyester film using fluid acrylics, letting color slide, pool, and collide on uneven surfaces. The result is organic, expressive, and intuitive—compositions that are less about telling a literal story and more about creating a feeling. A reminder. A spark.
Because your light was never lost.
It just needed something to reflect it back.
Bio
I’m a third-generation woman artist who grew up in a family where making things was just part of life. Some of my earliest creative memories are sewing with my grandma during long car rides—tiny stitches, big imagination.
As a kid, I was always creating—drawing, building, crafting anything I could get my hands on. That love for making led me to study art in college, where I majored in jewelry and expanded into sculpture, painting, and ceramics.
Today, I work across mediums, guided by color, texture, and emotion. Whether it’s a swirling abstract painting or a piece of hand-built sculpture, everything I make is rooted in the joy of process and the belief that art can reconnect us to our inner vibrancy.
My work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, Harvard Business College, Boston, MA, and United Fire Group, Los Angeles, CA. Artist Residencies, and public commissions include Oregon College of Arts and Crafts Residency, and a 2% for the Arts Purchase Prize from the Visual Arts Commission in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her work is included in the book "Chunghi Choo and Her Students", published by Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, Germany, The New Art Examiner, and Artweek, Seattle, WA.
I live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with my family.
