WORK SAMPLE FOR THE HEINZ ENDOWMENT SMALL ARTS INITIATIVE GRANT

The following studio artwork was made during 2015-2017, and I consider all this work to be part of the Wild Clarity body of work. A selection of this work is what I would like to show in the gallery exhibition, as well as the photographs that you see in the other work sample provided.

Running Mother with the Twins
Chinese ink, gouache, acrylic, and nail polish on 16 slate pieces
60" x 65" x 1/4"
2016

Shown here is the work installed on the wall, with detail images. This piece is from the larger body of work: I Eye Witnesses, completed in 2016.

Monkey and Bear Back to Back I
Chinese ink, gouache, acrylic, and nail polish on 19 slate pieces
60" x 60" x 1/4"
2016

Shown here is the work installed on the wall, with a detail image. This work is from the larger body of work: I Eye Witnesses, completed in 2016.

The Witnesses: Gathering #1
Chinese ink on 21 slate pieces
108" x 60" x 14" installed, each piece of slate varies from 5" x 5" x 1/4" to 14" x 14" x 1/4"
2015

Shown here is the work installed on the wall, with detail images, and with myself as witness/character inside of it.

Waterfall Vision
Gesso, acrylic and Chinese ink on 84 pieces of slate
360" x 36" x 1/4" - each cascade
2016

Shown here is the work installed at the Carnegie Museum of Art and at solo show debut solo at 707 Gallery, both in Pittsburgh - with detail images.

Lungs in the Air
Created for the Freshworks Residency Program
30-minute performance with slate, two bodies, water, piano, and fabric sculptures - made in collaboration with Hannah G Thompson
Kelly Strayhorn Theater
December 2016

Shown here are images from original performance work where I used slate in a variety of new functions: as material to perform with, costume to wear, set design, and as musical instrument.

Photograph of Donald Trump by Damon Winter for the New York Times
November 2016

This is the single photograph I am using for my ReShoot series (below) - in this series I use the single image and re-photograph it myself, then using simple collage techniques I uncover new images that present the female body in relation to this power