My art practice examines how social and linguistic constructs shape identity in the United States. Rooted in inquiry and collaboration, my work fosters participatory spaces for public testimony, fact-finding, and collective dialogue. Through interdisciplinary methods, I invite diverse communities to uncover overlooked histories and confront the enduring consequences of European colonization. By sifting through the debris of history, we can interrogate the legacies of race, class, and gender—opening pathways toward decolonizing the mind, reclaiming collective memory, and imagining transformative futures.

I engage with suppressed histories through making as a form of listening—across time, place, and difference. This approach was central to Beyond the Whitewash (2023) at Living Arts of Tulsa, situated on the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the ancestral lands of the Osage, Cherokee, and Muscogee peoples. The convergence of these histories made the space uniquely charged. Over the course of a year, Black, Native, and white artists joined me in a process of shared leadership, deep listening, and creative exchange around race in the United States. Together, we transformed the 7,000-square-foot gallery into a living space of remembrance, truth-telling, and healing through visual art, sound, installation, video, poetry, prayer, guided meditation, and performance. The site became a sanctuary for grief, resilience, and possibility—an example of what can emerge when art becomes a catalyst for community restoration and transformation.

Similarly, Am I That Name? explores Queerness as a generative and life-affirming way of being. Rooted in Queer research and a challenge to binary gender frameworks, the series incorporates soundscapes, sculpture, works on paper, video, and performance. First shown at the Melton Gallery (2022), the exhibition concluded with a dance performance led by University of Central Oklahoma students, using movement as a language of transformation and becoming.

Across my practice, I aim to dismantle harmful narratives by highlighting the fluidity and diversity of the human experience. Through collaboration and embodied storytelling, I create spaces where identity is understood as relational, evolving, and responsive to difference rather than fixed. The future of my work lies in developing sustained, community-based projects that merge critical research with public engagement—seeking venues where complex conversations can unfold, and envisioning futures that move beyond erasure toward renewal.