Work Overview / Through Line

My studio practice is guided through collaboration and grows out of a core perspective that inquiry, making, learning, and teaching are essential elements for connection. I view the studio, classroom, and community as interconnected spaces where knowledge is co-created, tested, and translated. Working alongside scientists, designers, community partners, and master artisans at home and abroad, I merge traditional craft with emerging technologies to expand what printmaking can be and whom it can reach. These partnerships shape installations and new media projects that examine how material, environment, and experience inform one another and advance the field through cross-disciplinary innovation.

Through international travel and hands-on exchange, I have studied traditional and ancient printmaking, book arts, and paper craft techniques by apprenticing with master artisans. In South Korea, I continue to study Hanji (hand-made mulberry paper) and its applications. This incredible paper (and its variations) is often described to last over 1,000 years. I am inspired by its strength and cultural significance in scholarly, artistic, utilitarian, and conservation practices; therefore, use it to sketch, print, revisit, archive, and pay tribute to the spirited life of mentors, masters, and community leaders. Hanji is a through-line in my portfolio and I am honored to be officially recognized as an ambassador.

My primary goal in my studio practice is to amplify shared expertise and foster cultural exchange, ensuring that the outcomes of my artistic contributions circulate back into the communities they inform.