Foreign Bodies

Drug Packets, 2017, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Plastic Toy Part, 2017, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Loose Bodies, 2017, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Anal Beads, 2016, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Rust Ring, 2016, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Fish Hook, 2016, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Voice Prosthesis, 2016, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Iron Rod, 2016, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Bullet, 2015, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Spinal Cord Stimulator, 2014, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
IUD, 2014, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Moth, 2013, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Cannulated Screws, 2013, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Sewing Button, 2013, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Button Cell Batteries, 2013, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Sprouting Pea, 2013, 80″x60″, Ink and Graphite on Polypropylene
Installation View, OS Projects, Racine, WI 2019
Installation View, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC, 2017
Installation View, Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2017
Installation View, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2016
Installation View, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2015
Installation View, Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX, 2014

These drawings show the threshold between a familiar and a foreign body, between self and other. Various things enter or appear in the body accidentally, deliberately, surgically, aesthetically, violently, pathologically. The work also addresses othering, differentiation, and immigration.

This project is partially supported by an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Read about the early stages of this project

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