I am an artist, a researcher, and a collaborator. Art is a lens through which I see the world, it governs how I interact with others, and constantly pushes me to question the status quo.
I'm a current resident of New York City, a native of Richmond, VA, and, a frequenter of Charleston, SC, my dad's hometown. I've grown up taking advantage of the urban life of Richmond, the mountains of northwest Virginia, and the low country of South Carolina. The hustle and chaos of a big city invigorates me just as much as an early morning boat ride through a winding marsh.
Currently, I work as a start-up strategist and new business innovator at a brand consultancy in Chelsea.
I graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2018 with a double major in Studio Art and Anthropology. At my university, I was the Co-President of the Washington and Lee Repertoire Dance Company and President of Washington and Lee's Student Arts League. I have a curiosity for new places and cultures that has brought me to places all over the world to gain new perspectives. During the summer of 2017, I traveled to NYC to intern with a contemporary artist and do my own research on the way that smartphones affect movement in public spaces. In 2018, upon my graduation, I received a grant to continue research on phone use in the public sphere in Bologna, Italy. When I visit a new place, I like to act as a local would, and understand the unique approach to life of a person who lives hundreds of miles away from me. I believe in talking to every person you come across – who knows what they have to offer?
pedestrian movement.
don't take offense from people who you would never ask advice from.
how to jumpstart their own creative / making process.