SOLO EXHIBIT. AURIC GALLERY. MARCH 2024

For this exhibit I explored themes of the edges of ourselves—our visible, corporeal edges and invisible, social-emotional edges. At various times in life, we are soft or hard edged (and both simultaneously)—both can be useful for connection and protection. Both can work against us at times. No matter how much we try to control our edges, in reality, we are permeable. Our physical and emotional boundaries are always being crossed by something—in ways both big and sub-atomically small. We’re also inevitably influenced by our world around us, no matter how hard we try to box in our ideas and preferences. We are changed by simple exposure.

On a personal level, I wanted to push to the edges of my creative expression with this collection to play with this theme. I created a few figurative abstract paintings, which is a departure from my usual non-objective abstract work. I was mindful of the edges of each shape and mark made as I painted. I aimed to create a balance of soft and hard edges to make compositions that reflect our reality as permeable beings in a world full of created edges.