STATEMENT:
Each sculpture takes a preexisting form as its departure point. I overwrite the pattern through a labor-intensive process of construction and transformation; my method follows the logic of the palimpsest. I often reference historical artworks, texts, and images. The referent becomes a scaffolding for something other, something with a new meaning now encoded into my work.
I find my subject matter through research and observation; I search for links connecting my experience with environmental, ancestral, and colonial histories, particularly related to the Pacific and Hawai`i, my birthplace, while also looking across place and time. I challenge myself to remake an object on my terms, to tell a new story relevant to this moment while accounting for a transoceanic perspective.
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