open secret

Nov 1

105” x 120” x 100” - dimensions variable

Used garments, used household linens, touch sensitive vibrating motor, manufactured cherry scent

(2019)

Explore Installation

Work

a portal in neon pink, and another one to punctuate my folly

variable dimensions

1980s child-sized victorian replica vanity, neon pink plexiglass, 30 year penny collection, discarded plastic picture frame, scrap neon orange plexiglass, with participation by rogue sapling branches

(2023)

fireplace with cans and roses

48” x 70” x 90”

Plastic bricks, plaster eagle, wood, faux electric fire logs, canned vegetables, plastic roses, framed heirloom textile stitched roses

(2020)

bed as altar

160” x 100” x 28” (Dimensions variable depending on installation)

Grandmother’s bed, bed linens, lamps, lace, tablecloths, 1980’s wallpaper, internal lighting, scent of Bill Blass’ NUDE and 3rd hand smoke

 (2020)

formal table

60” x 120” x 105” (Dimensions variable depending on installation)

Grandmother’s formal dining table, worn wedding dresses, brass candle holders with electric candles, formal dining chairs, fresh oranges, internal lighting, scent of Bill Blass’ NUDE and 3rd hand smoke

 (2020)

one dozen eggs

65” x 60” x 60”

Grandmother’s kitchen table, crochet tablecloth, brass lamp, 12 metal spoons holding 12 eggs, scent of Bill Blass’ NUDE and 3rd hand smoke

 (2020)

what it was, what I saw

168” x 168” x 108”

Steel dollhouse, electric fire logs

 (2019)

still room, wear no forced air

48” x 70” x 90” (Dimensions variable depending on installation)

Grandmother’s kitchen chairs, porcelain framed mirrors, 5 foot brunette braid

 (2020)

my dad was a child

48” x 85” x 75”

Furniture from my father’s childhood bedroom, ceramic cast Mary and Jesus, ceramic cast trees, food cans, bedding

 (2020)

From motherGRANDmother

word of mouth folktale

Dimensions variable

Bedroom dressers from my father, my grandmother and my great-grandmother, Three metal dollhouses with graduated center room sizes, three fresh oranges  

 (2020)

From motherGRANDmother

open secret

105” x 120” x 100” - dimensions variable  

Used garments, used household linens, touch sensitive vibrating motor, manufactured cherry scent

(2019)

bend and pray

(Dimensions variable depending on installation)

Used Wedding Dresses, Wooden Chair, 36 cans of food, Lace fabrics, internal light, Black pepper scented furniture polish

 (2019)

dangerous heights

(Dimensions variable depending on installation)

Used Wedding Dress, doll-sized wedding dress, 1964 Marx dollhouses, Remote controlled fire-like tea lights

 (2019)

it’s hard to describe, we felt both comfort and terror.

(Dimensions variable depending on installation)

5 Used Wedding Dresses, 1 doll-sized wedding dress, 3 Wooden Chairs, 36 cans of food, Beseler opaque projector, 1964 Marx dollhouse, Remote controlled fire-like tea lights, Handmade vintage wooden dollhouse, Steel dollhouse with interior sensor activated electric fire logs, 1980’s assorted wall papers, Lace fabrics, fan, Wooden table, Wooden stool, Black pepper scented furniture polish

 (2019)

golden attic aka grandma’s jersey house, 1985

132” x 60” x 108”  

Golden wood panels, plastic grass, fur clouds, scrying mirrors, scent of wet dirt  

(2018)

fuss fuss sarcophagus

248” x 168” x 140” - dimensions variable  

Three used wedding dresses, manipulated found wood, dirt balls, golden mirrors, porcelain mirror with water, scent of pine and vetiver, prairie reeds  

(2018)