This Money Is Fake

a couple weeks into 2024, i was scammed. i made the counterfeit bills given to me into “joss paper”, a ceremonial artifact used in cultural ancestor veneration practices.

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2024

veil (1-3)

paper triptych taking familiar representative images from my own life and memories and obscure them in various ways (blockage, coverage, scale).

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2024

ritual/meditation (incense series)

incense sculptures that document a long personal history with disordered eating, and the ways these habits mimic the repetitive nature of meditation. the homemade incense itself is composed of various foods.

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2024

looking forward to it

a centerpiece altar surrounded by divination ports, each of which pay homage to a different fortune-telling ritual used throughout Chinese history.

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2023

asking (1-6)

six paper drawings comprised of vignettes pulled from personal memory. the compositions are ecosystems of emotion laden with loss, desire, and intimacy—my personal offerings to the altar.

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2023

misc zines

zines zines zines

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2023

offerings (winter)

meditative paintings made as offerings to winter.

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2023