
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

within a metal house
15” x 24” x 15”
Steel dollhouse, rectangle patch of my backyard in Iowa, rust
(2019)

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)

ghost house series
48” x 154” x 54”
28 slotted steel pieces (Non-welded), 2 hot pink shag rugs, dollhouse furniture, felt, black dress, pink sparkle ribbon, house shaped music box, minature wood house, 2 lbs dried cloves, 2 cloches, hair from my mother, 9 rocks from rural Nebraska, light scent of goldenrod
(2019)

rescue was A long way off
12” x 27” x 42”
Manipulated metal playground staircase, structural steel, manipulated 1963 Marx Dollhouse (Tin)
(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)

her boredom Is exquisite and excessive. in her Is The end of breeding.
128” x 204” x 228” - dimensions variable
Shadow wallpaper, 197 pounds of used blankets, my mother's hair, lace, crinoline underskirt, fur, mosquito netting, scent of oak moss
(2018)

sapling revolt
126” x 72” x 48”
Manipulated found wood, dagger blanks, white shag carpet, dye, acrylic paint
(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)

she dances like a bomb
44” x 13” x 13” - when stationary
1970's side-table lamp, Edison light bulb, Arduino, 24v motor, tropical print skirt, floral scent
(2018)

survival ark for the volvo xc90
39” x 44” x 68”
Shaped wood, red puffer and pink camouflage material, faux fur, personalized survival gear for a Chicago family of three
(2018)

doll baby, porcelain
27” x 32” x 3.5”
Cast wax, found fabric, lentils
(2017)

bronze mirror
10” x 7” x 0.25”
Cast bronze
(2017)

doll baby, wax
12” x 8” x 3.5”
Cast wax, found fabric, lentils
(2017)

doll baby, bronze
12” x 12” x 3.5”
Cast bronze
(2017)

wednesday’s child full of woe
24” x 54” x 19”
Found bench, satin cushion, 1940’s porcelain lamb, cast lamb replicas in wax, plaster, silicone, rubber, plastic, concrete
(2017)