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satyr i. (c. 2024, mixed media)
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satyr ii. the passing ever green (c. 2024, mixed media)
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nymphia (c. 2024, mixed media)
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OLYMPIAS (c. 2024, mixed media)
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for her flowers were due (c. 2024, mixed media)
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cradle opulence (c. 2021, mixed media)
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iv. (c. 2023, mixed media)
![Illustrious magazines shredded and scattered overtop one another to create one image.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,1690,2037,1690,300/0-0-0/9610e3e2-47df-4e73-a9f1-555cac9a02fd/1/1/happenings+happen+%28c.+2023%29.png?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=8370f98580c9db0f8304d4a7333cae940349c2e8612eba3f700aeb4a44305fc8)
happenings happen(ing.) (c. 2023, mixed media)
![A GIF. of illustrious magazines stacked on top of one another to create motion.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,1280,720,1280,300/0-0-0/b8b1f67a-803f-4848-9e58-64121e26ff63/1/1/pt.2.gif?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=971bfcc2cc4d32bf7399a6d61af32421841c0e504b5af76a97084df0659e065c)
happenings happen(ing.) pt.i (c. 2023, gif)
![A second illustrious magazines shredded and scattered overtop one another to create one image.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,1556,870,1556,300/0-0-0/b4f758fc-1119-4b33-8d41-6b12209b8d9f/1/1/pt.2..png?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=fc09e3a3b9c6f51bffccaed1ea212c55c06de23bc6cd6d1b9c0d40fbe98da594)
happenings happen(ing.) pt.ii (c. 2023, mixed media)
![An avant-garde depiction of the Greek mythological character Icarus, the boy who had flown too close to the sun.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,2499,3540,2499,300/0-0-0/30023ef6-61ae-4170-bfa1-8b4cfa88ace2/1/1/avant+icarus+i+%28c.+2023%29.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=69238037065ae365cab04aceb57c71651443c04ea4df387e2a8a0a0dd9433768)
avant icarus i. (c. 2023, mixed media)
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harmonics (c. 2022, mixed media)
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porcelain crevices (c. 2021, mixed media)
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i forgot to complete you (c. 2023, mixed media)
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leda. (c. 2024, mixed media)
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vivienne. (c. 2022, mixed media)
![A conch shell, arm, hands, and portrait move in constant motion creating an ambiguous being. This is a depiction of Orpheus from the Greek mythology of the lovers, Eurydice and Orpheus.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,600,600,600,300/0-0-0/2b46aa1e-2da8-4714-932c-7c2df6b70ba1/1/1/black+orpheus+%28ii.%29.gif?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=42bd00109d97eb05de6038e2d266bf4fca3b4695f9b1074eba17cbc114970385)
black orpheus (ii.) (c. 2020, gif)
<--- Influenced by Marcel Camus 1959 film “Orfeu Negro” (also known as “Black Orpheus”), “black orpheus (ii.)” centres its narrative around the rhythm of sound and dance within the film using obstructive and “incomplete” materials and methods of documentation. In exploring cinema’s tactility, my work was prompted by the 1959 film Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus (1912-1982). Black Orpheus resurrects the ancient Greek mythology of two lovers, Eurydice and Orpheus, in amidst of the rhythmic and joyful festivities of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil juxtaposing the tragic and soulful fate of the blooming lovers. Centering black and Latinx performers and cultures with Greek mythology, I was captivated by the film and inspired to produce works which reflect body and movement, as throughout the film, nothing and no one stood quite still. In creating incomplete complete works, each partially made human figure (Eurydice and Orpheus) mirrors an assemblage of their identity and reflects fragments of being complete for each other. --->
![A black figure faces aways from the view. Scraps of glass vases accompany each side of the figure&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;s shoulder. This is a depiction of Eurydice from the Greek mythology of the lovers, Eurydice and Orpheus.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,2576,300/0-0-0/48a7cca8-a22d-4a93-a16b-8a36f6732817/1/1/xxxii..jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=48b559cf71ab4c6893f8efc55d7e6cf0db264983659f0b181dee4fcc2f8fcda4)
xxxii. (c. 2020, mixed media)
<--- Ripped pictures of ceramics from a vintage Art Nouveau style catalogue merge together with a human figure to form “xxxii.” also known as Eurydice.
In exploring cinema’s tactility, my work was prompted by the 1959 film Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus (1912-1982). Black Orpheus resurrects the ancient Greek mythology of two lovers, Eurydice and Orpheus, in amidst of the rhythmic and joyful festivities of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil juxtaposing the tragic and soulful fate of the blooming lovers. Centering black and Latinx performers and cultures with Greek mythology, I was captivated by the film and inspired to produce works which reflect body and movement, as throughout the film, nothing and no one stood quite still. In creating incomplete complete works, each partially made human figure (Eurydice and Orpheus) mirrors an assemblage of their identity and reflects fragments of being complete for each other.
![Scatters of fabric cloak the portrait of a young black man in regency-core.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,2576,300/0-0-0/82cba190-101d-4df8-8f80-a189c45b779e/1/1/cloaked+%28xi.%29_WorkImage.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=48b559cf71ab4c6893f8efc55d7e6cf0db264983659f0b181dee4fcc2f8fcda4)
cloaked (xi.) (c. 2023, mixed media)
<--- On carpets, red, made from concrete sheets, I watched them walk in regency-core. God be damned if I ever scuffed a brother's shoe.
![A black figure emerges from the cloth and stems of nature and drapery.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,2499,3540,2499,300/0-0-0/9440a085-423c-44d2-89c3-38da38b3daa2/1/1/a+pulse+of+cobalt._WorkImage.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=69238037065ae365cab04aceb57c71651443c04ea4df387e2a8a0a0dd9433768)
a pulse of cobalt. (c. 2022, mixed media)
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channel no.5 (c. 2020, mixed media)
![The water spirit Mami Wata (also known as Mamba Muntu, Water Mother, La Sirene).](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,2576,300/0-0-0/a90e08b9-8609-42c9-b633-462754bd5150/1/1/Mami+Wata.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=48b559cf71ab4c6893f8efc55d7e6cf0db264983659f0b181dee4fcc2f8fcda4)
Mami Wata (c. 2023, mixed media)
<--- From the waters ashore to nourish and nurture.
![From the seams of haute couture a full figure of a black model appears.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,2662,3324,2662,300/0-0-0/6447ff4b-43d8-4676-8388-7b95ac18548c/1/1/silk+onyx+%28ft.+coloratura+soprano%29.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=724aa30050e57d6f76440828152341014e93afc74008f5d37f33fdd84d9c6991)
silk onyx (ft. coloratura soprano) (c. 2022, mixed media)
![A black male takes flight with white feathered wings.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,3326,2660,3326,300/0-0-0/8123eef9-a01c-43c7-b596-d19b316b1c94/1/1/Should+oblivion+stay%2C_WorkImage.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=6946645f27a9d0d29705872ad0d1ec32def97091e882fd32a448fb02bf9a6dc4)
Should oblivion stay, (c. 2022, mixed media)
<--- Hands extending forward, backwards, and sideways configure an ambiguous form that floats within an expansive luminous space. Utilizing cut-out photo images collected from sports magazines and National Geographic, “Should oblivion stay,” (2022) explores the extraction, collision, and bond of time, place, and identity. Heavily influenced by Afro-futurist themes, the work intends to rupture the colonial and monolithic gaze imposed onto Black communities. As a means towards ancestral healing, “Should oblivion stay,” also incited a personal sense of tranquility in its making. A state of being that lends to the intentions of the work existing in simultaneous motion and stillness. To not seek permission to be everything together at the same time. To exist in an intersectional sphere, borders obsolete.
![Queer lovers embrace in unity. All is love.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/a0eb4a51-76d4-4fb7-9d1b-2f1a86db5cb3/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,2576,300/0-0-0/a3d3cb7d-4470-418f-ad42-1da293060f11/1/1/clementine%27s+child.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040417306~hmac=48b559cf71ab4c6893f8efc55d7e6cf0db264983659f0b181dee4fcc2f8fcda4)
clementine's child (c. 2023, mixed media)
In creating "incomplete complete" works I define great happenings to occur in-between the frames of a moving image where the absence of sound and image is everything. Negative space is everything.