Growing up in the nineties as a third-culture child in Africa and becoming a first-generation immigrant to the United States has deeply influenced my artistic perspective. Through this multicultural lens I explore poetic connections to the larger systems that both define and connect us within themes rooted in memory, history, and identity. Memory is a composite of so many pieces of lived experiences. In my work, I lean-in to the layers and flexibility of how we remember and how it is changing based on our relationship with technology. I search for meaning between visual symbols which are both deeply personal and anthropological. I mix analog and digital techniques to create images that represent the relationship between the past and the present. Combining the use of scanners and old cameras as part of my process allows me to play with expression of time and space.

My goal is to contextualize my own ritual of engaging memory and history through the still image. By examining personal, meaningful objects and photographs from the past, I endeavor to integrate these timeless and universal themes to visually portray meaning for record.