In my work, I use media as varied as clay, concrete, food, and currency to create works that can be touched, eaten, heard, and sometimes even broken or dissolved. These installations invite those who encounter them to reflect on time, value, and labor; vulnerability and impermanence; and reward and sacrifice. The art is rooted firmly in direct personal experience: the resounding echo of porcelain dominoes falling; the quiet beauty of a clay coin disintegrating; the sensation of supple porcelain underfoot; the exchange of participants' time, actions, and resources for my own. Through these interventions, I confront the dynamics governing the most basic aspects of our lives, specifically the economics of human existence.

As activators of my installations, viewers have the opportunity to become complicit in the life story of the works. Viewing and handling, sometimes augmenting or unmaking the pieces, visitors are invited to consider the value of materials, their states and aesthetic forms, and the artistic labor required to produce them—often within the context of broader questions about how we assign value to labor, quantify attention, and navigate exchange. Increasingly, the substance of my work resides in strategies that beckon awareness, encounter, conversation, and barter.

The most consistent threads in my practice are not specific forms or materials but rather ideas and tactics. I am guided by what feels urgent, and I respond with the approach or medium that best addresses the concern at hand. I reframe and translate, offering new perspectives on what we already know and rendering invisible layers visible. Through participatory artworks shaped by ongoing research, generative dialogue, and public iteration, I interrogate issues such as student debt, wealth inequality, and the notion of a living wage.