ABOUT
It’s hard to put myself into conventional boxes. The way I see it, my journey as an artist began perhaps before I was even born, with the desires of my parents to provide their child with opportunities to explore the arts. A mixture of nature and nurture allowed me to cultivate an aptitude for art and music within 4 years of being born, and my journey since then has continued to be that; an interaction between my self and my environment, which I now call “being an artist.”
Each of my works has been the result of different opportunities I’ve come across in my journey--opportunities to learn and gain new skills, as well as opportunities to create and express in a certain context. Beyond formal education in classes and lessons, my learning included everything I encountered as I moved across various environments throughout my life--the culture of peers, family, and media that I was exposed to, the places I’ve traveled, the jobs I’ve worked, everything. My approach to any project along the way has been to evaluate what I want to accomplish and draw from my experiences to create something. Rather than identifying with the style or form of the works I create, I try to assert that my works just are artifacts of my journey, and their variability reflects the breadth of my experiences.