Until I Can See You
Solo show with Sojourn Arts, Louisville, KY
7 February - 11 April 2021
The paintings in Until I Can See You are meant as both statements of longing for connection and attempts to enact a deeper communion between myself and the viewer, beyond the structures and forms of language (written and verbal) and the reductive ways we define our world. They’re also an embodied meditation on how the act of painting itself can be a path to deeper self-knowledge, which I consider prerequisite to true intimacy with others. Through layers of poured paint, redacted materials, collage, lyrical lines, and organic shapes—often inspired by (and heavily abstracted) parts of the human body—I hope to open a space where the viewer can contend with the uncategorizable facets of their personhood, beginning with their own corporeality, and that of the people they encounter day after day. Until I Can See You is documentation of this search for meaningful connection, but even more it’s an invitation to lean closer—to see past our projections of ego and posturing and truly find one another.
