Enchiridion
36 pages, saddle-stitch binding and accordion fold, risograph and xerox, 5 x 10.25 inches
A multifaceted exploration of the language of worship, the mythologizing effect of fame, and the trickster-god powers of Cate Blanchett. In four parts—lexicon, cosmogenesis, epiphany, and artifacts—its amalgam of manipulated and original imagery, tropes related to divinity, and motifs repeating across multiple narratives imagines Blanchett as a figure between reality and infinite possibility.
book/mark 1: A Name
12 pages, saddle-stitch binding, risograph printed, 2 x 7 inches
First in an on-going series of bookmark-shaped books, each on seemingly aimless, but unshakeable, thoughts. A Name is a brief, personal reflection on what it might mean to make a person. With images that allude to Greek mythology, Penelope, “the name without a girl,” stands in for a latent wish to have a daughter.
12 pages, saddle-stitch binding, risograph printed, 2 x 7 inches
First in an on-going series of bookmark-shaped books, each on seemingly aimless, but unshakeable, thoughts. A Name is a brief, personal reflection on what it might mean to make a person. With images that allude to Greek mythology, Penelope, “the name without a girl,” stands in for a latent wish to have a daughter.
book/mark 2: Conducere
12 pages, saddle-stitch binding, risograph printed, 2 x 7 inches
Second in the series, Conducere is a spell, cast on me by a stick I saw on the ground. I’ve never been able to forget it.
Somewhere, a witch wanders, wandless.
The Word Sm*t
“Eroticism is, above all else, exclusively human: it is sexuality socialized and transfigured by the imagination and the will of human beings.
In every erotic encounter there is an invisible and ever-active participant: imagination, desire. Octavio Paz
Brief descriptions of random Tumblr posts after the platform’s ban on adult content and of Google search results for kinky images are imposed on a grid sparsely populated with vague fleshy drawings. The result suggests erotica is in part a work of the mind, while gesturing toward the role of deprivation in desire.
40 pages, staple-bound, xerox, 4.25 x 5.5 inches
“Eroticism is, above all else, exclusively human: it is sexuality socialized and transfigured by the imagination and the will of human beings.
In every erotic encounter there is an invisible and ever-active participant: imagination, desire. Octavio Paz
Brief descriptions of random Tumblr posts after the platform’s ban on adult content and of Google search results for kinky images are imposed on a grid sparsely populated with vague fleshy drawings. The result suggests erotica is in part a work of the mind, while gesturing toward the role of deprivation in desire.
Endless Distances
28 pages, staple-bound, 1st edition offset, 2nd edition risograph, with offset cover, 4.25 x 2 inches
“Longing, we say, because desire is full
of endless distances. I must have been the same to her. Robert Hass
Three women in different worlds tell themselves stories about the ones they love. Is it a futile practice in the face of obstacles between them and love? The book’s panoramic shape frames distances physical, emotional, and temporal.
Between Us
When two share a vision, how do they know they see the same thing? A strange occurrence will pull a couple closer together, or break them apart.
A version of this story appeared in the anthology Linequality.
12 pages, staple-bound, xerox, 4.5 x 6.5 inches
When two share a vision, how do they know they see the same thing? A strange occurrence will pull a couple closer together, or break them apart.
A version of this story appeared in the anthology Linequality.
Are You Even Listening?20 pages, accordion fold, risograph printed, 2.75 x 3.25 inches
One asks the question, and we spiral into the other’s ear in search of an answer.
20 pages, accordion fold, risograph printed, 2.75 x 3.25 inches
One asks the question, and we spiral into the other’s ear in search of an answer.
12 pages, concertina in cover, offset with risograph cover, 3.25 x 6 inches
A woman’s grief spills into her sense of self and way of life. Legible backwards and forwards, remembering and forgetting her grief are enacted by the direction of reading. The cycle transforms her again and again.
Butter Dust
16 pages, stab-stitch binding, offset on vellum, 3.5 x 4.25 inches
Dust floats in the rectangle of light falling through a window. Fifteen daydreams occur, shifting between abstraction, metaphor, and sensation.
Sigils of Trouble Sleeping
10 pages, one sheet folded, risograph, 2.75 x 5.25 inches
A list of troubles with sleep is paired with images of bed linens. These were the basis for sigil designs inscribed on the interior side.
Sigils are used in spell casting and are symbols of intention. These sigils are meant to ward off each source of trouble, paralleling the transitional natures of magic and sleep.
[Sappho]
An essay comic about reading Anne Carson’s translation of Sappho If not, winter and the visual presence of its lost fragments. Drawings translate spreads from Carson, with matching page numbers.
28 pages, saddle-stitch binding, risograph, 5.25 x 8 inches, edition of 36
An essay comic about reading Anne Carson’s translation of Sappho If not, winter and the visual presence of its lost fragments. Drawings translate spreads from Carson, with matching page numbers.
Inventory : Recollection
Saddle-stitch binding in hard case, accordion fold, laserjet, edition of 1
This two-part artist’s book documents a man’s life through his possessions. A folded list provides brief descriptions of items in his home and their history. A single-signature pamphlet shows unlabeled rubbings.
Collapsing the volume and value of possessions, the book interrogates the significance of legacy and the marks a life makes on things, places, and people.
Chatter
A gatefold book collecting ten woodcut prints in which “chatter,” or texture. In turning the pages, various characters are placed in dialogue with each other. Conversations between them are composed and recomposed.
10, coptic binding, woodcut relief, 16 x 10 inches, edition of 1
A gatefold book collecting ten woodcut prints in which “chatter,” or texture. In turning the pages, various characters are placed in dialogue with each other. Conversations between them are composed and recomposed.
BOX Actaeon
Paper object, risograph
Nested boxes house the myth. Readers piece together the story by turning the inner box while viewing images through successive openings. The structure follows the notion of a being trapped in a different body. The images layer and segment the story, aligning reality and magic to shift appearances.
Books and works on paper
CURRENT
Decahedron, virtual, curated by Jenny Lam
Pakiramdam, Co-Prosperity, Chicago, July 3 to August 1
In Other Words, a free comics workshop in connection with Pakiramdam, at the Cultural Center, Chicago, July 31 at 12:00 pm
FUTURE
CXC (virtual), October 2021
CAKE 2022
TCAF 2022
Sinag, group show, Evanston Art Center, 2022/2023
PAST
The Chicago Art Book Fair, Independent Artist Book Fair, LA Art Book Fair (virtual), St. Louis Small Press Expo, Autoptic, CAKE, CALA, DiNK, MICE, TCAF, Zineland Terrace, The Annex at Spudnik Press (solo), Carlow University Art Gallery (group), Tephra ICA (group), Chicago Design Museum (group presentation)
COLLECTIONS
Joan Flasch Artist’s Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Zine Collection at the University of Chicago Library, Zine and Comics Collection at the MassArt Library, Decker Library at MICA, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Pratt Institute Artist’s Books Collection, RISD Artist’s Books Collection, Haas Arts Library Special Collections at Yale University, Library of Congress