artist statement
 

Needlework has always been regarded as “women’s work” in terms of expressing the virtues of femininity, domesticity, and obedience.  My language-based needlework aligns with “subversive stitching” as it creatively disrupts cultural attitudes through satirical social commentary, disarmingly softened by the use of needle and thread.  

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Blending humor with tension, vulnerability with bite, and disruption with whimsy, my artistic practice looks to the past with an eye to the future.  I work with vintage textiles and needlework adding my own hand-stitched layer to update its original purpose and focus on the evolution of cultural norms specific to gender, generation, and relationship dynamics.  The juxtaposition of this multigenerational storytelling creates a unique dialogue between the past and present.    ​

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ART AND THE ARTIST​

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​I studied at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (currently Villa Arson) in Nice, France where I earned a BFA in sculpture.  Moving to New York and then Los Angeles, I had great commercial success as a Product Designer and later as a Creative Director influencing and leading creative teams for international fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and toy brands such as Calvin Klein, Barbie, and Walt Disney.

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​Having worked professionally as a Creative executive and unprofessionally as a late-blooming mother of two daughters, I have been deeply influenced by my efforts to cultivate partnerships within male-dominated environments as well as create space and opportunities for female-centered pathways and belief systems.​  Both jobs have required clever navigating skills and a spirited sense of humor.  

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As a lifelong “maker’’ and lover of arts & crafts, I feel that I have come full circle from learning to crochet and knit with my Nana as a young girl to creating artistic and provocative variations of needlework as an artist.

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To learn more about​ my professional background,please click here.​

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