Idols

Growing up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, I had little interest in the culture of my ancestors. I sought only to blend in — without yet realizing I never could. It was only much later, through my art practice, that I began to discover how culture, memory, and history persist — sometimes even without our knowing. These works are an attempt to examine the stories and myths of my ancestors through the lens of a dual-culture upbringing, to memorialize them, and to find the connections that were always there, waiting to be uncovered.