man may think he is the producer of himself;
in fact he is not.
we are constructed by our cultures and in turn we construct our cultures.
My projects simulate these processes and simultaneously call for contemplation regarding the construction of notions of meaning, truth, history, and identity.
I amplify the phenomenological qualities of color, light, space and material by creating formal and abstract structures.
However, structure can never be truly abstract, for the fragments that build it always create new narratives with the history that they inevitably bear, and the history they inevitably bare.
In the total body of my work there is no limitation to my choice of materials. A project usually consists of appropriated, crafted, and/or modified three-dimensional objects in space, drawing or photography on the wall, and negative space.
Finally, I mourn over the fact that I am a limited subject; by definition unable to fully encompass anything or anyone. And in turn I too, will only be known as a fragment.

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