I began painting at four years old during summers with my grandparents, under the guidance of the instructor who continued to mentor me for sixteen years. What started as a childhood habit developed into a consistent way of working through memory and emotion, and over time became central to how I approach making work.

In high school, I committed more seriously to my practice, completing the AP Studio Art portfolio twice and earning top scores both years. I also received two Scholastic Gold Key awards and the Michael D. Pratt Artist Scholar Award from Brentwood School, which recognizes excellence in the visual and performing arts as well as academics. These experiences established a foundation for sustained and disciplined work.

Although painting remains central, my practice is not limited to a single medium. I write, compose and produce music, and work with film, screenwriting, and mixed media, including claymation. Across these forms, I approach art as a process of translating internal material into visual, sonic, or narrative form. Music often informs my visual work, particularly in its pacing, structure, and tone.

My work focuses on memory, childhood, self-perception, and the relationship between the body and the mind. I am interested in transitional or unstable moments, where an image holds more than one state at once.

Visually, I draw from Victorian portraiture, gothic architecture, and religious and symbolic iconography, alongside influences from Pop Surrealism and the Lowbrow movement. I use these references to examine what the gothic can be in a contemporary context, not only as an aesthetic, but as a way of structuring space, atmosphere, and psychological tension within an image. I use these references to examine what the gothic can be in a contemporary context. I’m interested in what these spaces do rather than how they’re defined. I’m drawn to their coldness, their scale, and the way they withhold tension by containing the surface.

I am currently a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania studying fine arts, cinema, and media studies. My work spans painting, sculpture, drawing, mixed-media animation, and film, with a consistent focus on storytelling across mediums.