About

I come from a family of storytellers. My grandmother was an archivist who wrote a book documenting my family’s lineage so our name could never be forgotten. My mother is a poet who taught me that words could hold infinity. I grew up surrounded by memory keepers, and I’ve learned to hold a brush in the same way they held the pen– with historical competence, with care, with purpose, and with love.

My practice transgresses medium– I move between painting, digital collage, photography, filmmaking, and installation. I’ve never been satisfied by just sticking to just one. Each piece begins with something personal– a family photo, a found object, my lived experience–and grows into something that grasps both my life and the world around me simultaneously. My work often returns to the same questions: What does it mean to rebuild in a world built to forget you? What does it mean to be truly seen when your image has been systematically distorted? What does it mean to look for beauty in places that are intertwined with pain?

The Black body holds generations of faith, struggle, and glory. Across my work, I try to create a space where the extraordinary features of seemingly ordinary people– my people– are rendered intimately legible. I reject a fatalistic reading of our history: my pieces relay an optimism in Black potential. I make work that documents, heals, and redefines how Black life is remembered, forever building on the foundation my family laid for me.