Artist Statement

The basis of my work is my memories of childhood car rides, visions of landscapes racing by the window, transforming into blurs and reflections caused by the flashing of the sun as we passed behind trees or buildings. These visions are loaded with memories, illusion, and phenomena. Today, I still find myself paying attention to reflections in windows, noting how they alter our perceptions. I watch the ways a building’s windows crop my view by removing information and revealing new information. In my art, I use man-made structures, placing my vision by trying to recreate this illusion. My work tweaks a viewer’s perception and alters their expectations. As an artist, I am an observer of light and seeing, I use vision to create photographic images and installations that play with visual experience.

This work grows out of conceptual photography and artists from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Artists like John Baldessari, Douglas Huebler and Daniel Buren are particularly important. My work can be seen as part of the recent revival of photography through the device of installation. Photographs are no longer mere images or objects on the wall. The walls instead are expanded and opened up, causing the viewer to interact with the images three-dimensionally. This activates the standard viewer/image relationship, extending the possibilities of photography beyond its traditional application. I have turned photography into an immersive experience that viewers must actively participate in.