visual art. performance. education. therapy.
Exploring performing and visual arts from a young age, finding my way to martial arts at 15 was a pivotal step towards understanding of and navigating with my body. Studying visual art, philosophy and somatics at Hampshire College, I was introduced to the umbrella of bodymind movement forms that remain core to my practice today. Through the 90's my visual work was primarily representational landscape/architecture. Working to locate and ground myself physically, plein air painting was a permitted, albeit roundabout, means of connecting to the land. Attending massage school in 1999, another major leap towards embodiment and dramatic change of terrain, I began a series of self portraits inspired by the alphabet which became "In My Own Language". From 2015 to 2019 I trained in somatic based expressive arts at Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, California, completing the project in 2017 while continuing to navigate a highly uncertain breast cancer prognosis. Returning east 2021, I am leaning into performance and continuing work on "Finding The Ocean" a 365 found object jewelry journal project. I offer expressive arts and somatic therapy and education to individuals and groups.
Exploring performing and visual arts from a young age, finding my way to martial arts at 15 was a pivotal step towards understanding of and navigating with my body. Studying visual art, philosophy and somatics at Hampshire College, I was introduced to the umbrella of bodymind movement forms that remain core to my practice today. Through the 90's my visual work was primarily representational landscape/architecture. Working to locate and ground myself physically, plein air painting was a permitted, albeit roundabout, means of connecting to the land. Attending massage school in 1999, another major leap towards embodiment and dramatic change of terrain, I began a series of self portraits inspired by the alphabet which became "In My Own Language". From 2015 to 2019 I trained in somatic based expressive arts at Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, California, completing the project in 2017 while continuing to navigate a highly uncertain breast cancer prognosis. Returning east 2021, I am leaning into performance and continuing work on "Finding The Ocean" a 365 found object jewelry journal project. I offer expressive arts and somatic therapy and education to individuals and groups.
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