I use my artwork to better understand the world and my place in it.
My work is multidisciplinary with a focus on drawing and painting techniques, over the course of my schooling at the University of North Texas I have forayed into sculpture, ceramics, photography, printmaking and analogue new media techniques. Experimentation with media has been central to my making process and growth as an artist and has been a constant since I began making art seriously in 2017 during high school.
I enjoy using color and texture to make the symptoms of being human a tangible experience. Vibrant color combinations create contrast between personalities and their environment to investigate dissonance and nostalgia. High saturation and saccharine hue obscure the reality of the situation, and color serves as an access to the shifting narrative beneath.
Writing has also emerged as a parallel practice to the artwork, I have enjoyed venturing into poetry and some fiction. Using words to further cement my ideas and figure out tone has been incredibly helpful for my work and has offered me another outlet for expression. Language and its rhythms help me decide which beats to emphasize to effectively communicate with viewers.
CV & Resume
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1st Annual LGBTQIA+ Exhibition - 500x. Dallas, Texas.
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College Expo - 500x. Dallas, Texas
Through the Eye - women’s.work. Poughkeepsie, New York
Expo 21’ - 500x. Dallas, Texas
Black Box - UNT Exhibition Space. Denton, Texas
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NTARUPT: Art of Consent - 500x. Dallas, Texas
QT Student Art Show - UNT Student Union. Denton, Texas
What We Leave Behind - UNT Painting Gallery. Denton, Texas.
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What We See Ahead - RO2 Gallery. Dallas, Texas
College Expo 23’ - 500x. Dallas, Texas. VOTED TOP 5 in Glasstire
*Tuesdaze Urban: Euphoria - 500x. Dallas, Texas.
*Zine launch, includes publication in the zine.
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*Tuesdaze Urban: Anything Goes - Elvry Gallery. Dallas, Texas
Bridges 24 Collaboration Fest - Performance at Discover Frisco Black Box Theater. Frisco, Texas. Link to tickets
Bridges 24 Plano - Performance and collaboration with the Garage Arts Project at the Courtyard Theater in Plano, Texas.
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New Member’s Expo | 500x - Irving, Texas
Bombshell Dance Project: Creation Lab | Oak Cliff Assembly, Dallas, Texas - Interdisciplinary performance featuring 3 dancers, 1 actress/vocalist, 1 playwright, 1 visual artist.
*Anything Goes 2 by Tuesdaze Urban | 4DWN - Dallas, Texas
Organizer for Blood Circus: Art market and concert, Denton, Texas
Photography Workshop & Exhibition by Tuesdaze Urban | The Lumen Room - Dallas, Texas
Concurrence by Tuesdaze Urban | ArtHouse - Dallas, Texas
500x @ the New Media Contemporary | New Media Contemporary - Dallas, Texas. Gallery take over for the month of October by members of 500x.