Mouthpiece
University of Texas
Austin, TX
2024
In this body of work, themes of ritual, maintenance, and entropy serve as conceptual guideposts. I depict objects such as my retainers and an eyelash curler—corrective body devices that also act as symbols of bodily vulnerability—alongside fragments of my own body: legs, mouth, and hands engaged in the repetitive gesture of playing with a cootie catcher. Through shifts in scale, varied mark-making, and extended drawing processes—including trace monotypes, hand-drawn animation, and UV printing—I explore how small, habitual actions accumulate meaning over time.
(Documentation by Phoebe Shuman-Goodier)
Molding Armature, Graphite on Tan Paper, 50 x 59.25 inches, 2024
Blades and Lotion, Graphite on Paper, 75.5 x 88 inches, 2024
Moist and Naked, Chalk on Black Paper, 113 x 60 inches each, 2024
Imposing Apparatus, Graphite on Tan Paper, 72 x 50.5 inches, 2024
(Detail)
What does it mean to retain?, UV Prints over Trace Monotypes on Toned Papers, 8 x 10 inches each, 2024
What does it mean to retain?, Video animation, 28 sec loop, 2024