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 the body accidentally, deliberately, surgically, aesthetically, violently, pathologically.

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