I was born in 1999, and throughout these 26 years, much of what has defined my life has been this ever-accelerating growth that is technology, and its presence has taken hold in our physical and Natural world. Where this intertwining has led to much of our lives existing in both a real and digital world, blending our acceptance of what is real and what is synthetic, and forever augmenting human identity and connectivity, I explore this newly created no man's land through both contemporary Graphic Design and New Media to develop a mirroring of the world we have created, developing works that depict the speechlessness of this new, virtually backed and physically tangible reality- humans have placed ourselves inside of.

Much of my work was influenced by how the Internet went from a pure tool- created for
connectivity and the sharing of the human experience, “The Information Superhighway,” Which for long housed endless possibilities at the hands of the people to facilitate connection beyond what they can physically sense around them. Our raw infatuation with this digital connection and the uncertainty of who we allow to control it are what I aim to show- this beautiful fragility of what man has created- and this creation's ability to grasp the creator into irrelevance, a true human-made dilemma.

 

I resonate with artists who capture psychological reflections of contemporary modern life. Artists like Kristoffer Zetterstrand and Phil Hale, who both paint in the modern contemporary. But I am drawn to literature. William Gibson’s Neuromancer is where I began to explore the concept of Transhumanism- or the connection of man and technology, and the lengths we will go to connect the flesh with the machine. With these influences, I am always asking what we are gaining. And what are we losing when humanity is evolved by machines?

Conclusively, my work is how I meditate on the ability of control in these times of uncertainty. While we accelerate, we cannot allow the imagination to be left behind. While I remain on the side of caution, we must never forget that humanity's capacity to create, connect, and reinvent is the foundation of the human experience and what will allow us to keep our humanity. In contrast, we accelerate toward what we hope to be a brighter future.