Artist Statement

My work examines the intersections of climate gentrification, migration, environmental transformation, and cultural memory within communities of the African diaspora. Working across ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, installation, and public art, I create layered visual narratives that explore how landscapes—both natural and built—carry histories of displacement, resilience, labor, and survival.

Growing up between Haiti and South Florida deeply shaped my understanding of ecology as something both fragile and political. Rising seas, rapid urban development, tourism, and environmental extraction continue to transform the regions I call home, often displacing the very communities that have historically shaped their cultural identity. My practice responds to these tensions by using ornament, botanical imagery, architecture, and material experimentation as tools for storytelling and preservation.

I am particularly interested in the ways beauty can function as an entry point into difficult conversations. Floral patterns, coral forms, tropical vegetation, decorative motifs, and luminous color palettes frequently appear throughout my work, drawing viewers into spaces that initially feel seductive or familiar. Beneath these surfaces, however, are narratives tied to ecological vulnerability, migration, colonial histories, labor, and systems of inequity. I think of my work as existing between celebration and warning—holding space for both wonder and instability.

Ceramics remain central to my practice because of its relationship to the body, the earth, and geological time. Clay records pressure, touch, erosion, and transformation in ways that mirror environmental and social conditions. At the same time, I expand beyond ceramics into large-scale installation and public art to create immersive environments that invite collective reflection and dialogue. Through these works, I hope to encourage audiences to think critically about belonging, stewardship, and the evolving relationship between people and place.

Ultimately, my work asks how communities preserve memory and identity amid environmental and social change. I am interested in the quiet ways landscapes remember us, and in how art can serve as both an archive and a speculative space for imagining more sustainable and equitable futures.