I’m a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of materials and settings. My work is informed by such disparate sources as the natural world, botany, abstraction, textiles, non-western cultures, pattern migration and breaking down barriers between the intersection of fine art, craft and design. An important part of my visual identity emanates from my maternal and paternal ancestors who are part of a larger Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora. This emigration, this movement, including the erasures and partial assimilations, are deeply rooted in the experiences of my parents, born soon after the arrival of their parents to the U.S.
My Jewish Hungarian émigré grandparents opened an embroidery shop in Los Angeles, and their home was a visual mecca filled with art books, bohemian glass, netsukes, and examples of traditional folk textiles from Hungary. My work reflects a hybrid of these influences along with those of California’s diverse Pacific Rim communities where I was raised and continue to live.
I infuse all of this into my work: a joy of color and experimentation with different mediums--acrylic, gouache, flashe, spray paint, paper, canvas, and found fabrics. I employ methodologies that include painting, collage, cut ups, sewing, intricate pattern cutting, and shaping. In the past few years, I have expanded my paintings into wall installations that I assemble on site. These methods have led to new avenues of exploration and play, creating a cast of evolving characters coalescing one way in one space, only to lead new lives in a future space.
We have a vastness of possibilities to respond to these transformative times. I believe art creates a space that allows for ambiguity and experimentation; it’s about possibility and not knowing all the answers. Exploring the visual diasporic migration of organic and geometric patterns, the playful interplay and complex interactions of color, light, and space, I invite the viewer into a world of imagination, curiosity and euphoric and contemplative play.