My work exists in the tension between the shiny and the raw. By using sequins—materials often dismissed as decorative or craft—I aim to ‘paint’ a fractured reality that is as unsettling as it is attractive. I am interested in the seduction of the surface and the chaos that lies beneath it.

My process is an exploration of order and disorder. I use the sequin to capture light and disrupt the viewer’s expectation, asking them to question the distinctions we draw between art and fashion, the figurative and the abstract.

Currently, I am focused on the ‘Subway Series.’ This project brings the solitude and chaos of New York transit into the studio. By taking rapid, traditional sketches—ink and pencil on paper—and translating them into large-scale, mixed-media portraits, I am attempting to bridge the gap between the fleeting moment of a commute and the permanence of classical portraiture.