I am an artist and educator, born and raised in New York City, living and working in Ridgewood, Queens. My art and teaching practices are rooted in fostering opportunities for open-ended exploration, connection with community, and deep engagement with the environments around us. This work takes the form of attentive observation, urban exploration, material experiments, and both experiential and formal research.

I draw from the cultural and ecological histories of urbanized bodies of water in New York City. For me, the beauty and pleasure of living in an urban ecosystem are derived not only from the human world but from how the living environment sustains itself in heavily industrialized areas. Whether this takes the form of self-sown flowers growing through the sidewalk or an infilled pond flooding so frequently the city is compelled to restore it. 

Referencing street grids, leaf shadows on sidewalks, estuary ecosystems, and woven lace, I work to catalog and contextualize the vast memory and meaning that the urban landscape holds. I hope to make this collected information accessible to all members of my community and to encourage connection and collaboration between neighbors and their neighborhoods through art-making and knowledge-sharing.