My Story

I have always been fascinated by people—by the way we love, connect, struggle, dream, and search for meaning. Art became my way of exploring those emotions, and sculpture eventually became the language in which I felt most at home.

 

I began my artistic journey with painting, but discovering three-dimensional form changed everything. Suddenly, an idea could occupy space. I could walk around it, touch it, change my point of view, and watch it transform with light and movement. Sculpture allowed me to give physical presence to feelings and ideas that are often difficult to express in words.

 

My inspiration frequently comes from ordinary life. A gesture between two people, a familiar object, an unexpected contradiction, or even something that makes me smile can become the beginning of a sculpture. I am drawn to simple images that contain another layer beneath their surface. Humor is important to me because life itself can be serious enough. Sometimes a playful image opens the door to a much deeper thought.

Human relationships have remained at the heart of my work. I return again and again to love, friendship, vulnerability, resilience, spirituality, and our need to belong. I am particularly interested in the invisible forces that connect us—the emotional bonds that exist between two people and the larger connections that can transcend culture, religion, language, and geography.

 

Over time, my sculptures have grown from intimate works into installations and monumental public pieces, but scale has never changed what matters most to me: the encounter between the artwork and another person. I love watching someone approach a sculpture, move around it, smile, become curious, or suddenly recognize something of their own life within it. That moment is very special to me. Once a viewer finds a personal meaning in a sculpture, the work begins a life beyond the one I imagined for it. My story becomes connected to theirs.

 

My work has taken me to museums, biennials, galleries, and public spaces across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Traveling and exhibiting in different cultures has taught me something I deeply believe: despite our differences, the emotions at the center of human life are remarkably universal.

Perhaps that is why I continue to make sculpture. Each new work is another way of asking questions about who we are, how we relate to one another, and what brings us together.

 

If my sculptures can create a moment of recognition between the work and the person standing before it, then something meaningful has happened.