~ Artist Statement ~
Growing up as a kid, I was often shy and to myself. Kids would approach me on the playground to play tag or hide and seek, and I would run behind my babysitter and hide. If you found yourself in the same class as me, it would be a miracle to see me willingly raise my hand or volunteer to answer a question. But when a classmate would approach me, look me up and down funny and say something along the lines of “You’re weird.”, that was never something that I shied away from. “Yeah...well, I guess I am weird.” I would reply. “I’m weird!” I’d exclaim to people. Little did I know that it was a start of creating something even bigger than myself. Aside from the potty humor and my farfetched aspirations to become a superhero when I grow up, growing up in New York City has taught me to embrace my weirdness, and honor the value of individuality. The arts gave me easy access to this expression of myself. I never favored one over the other, because I loved them all in their own ways. I often...