Installation and Exhibitions
Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Artivive

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FISHBOWL    DEAL ME IN     HYPHENATED BEING       TIDAL       BOX OFFICE        

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FISHBOWLDigital Art - Public Art Banner 
26” x 48” in

Fishbowl is a digital art piece created and selected as apart of the Kelowna Outdoor Banner Exhibition 2025. Selected as 1 of 13 original works by University of British Columbia staff, faculty and alumni. 

DEAL ME INCollage
2.5 x 3.5 in

Deal Me In is a collection of playing cards transformed to become an amalgamation of their former compositions and comic book collage. This project consisted of collaging and editing within the original boundaries of the cards, which created unique opportunities to both compliment and juxtapose equally. Ultimately using new imagery working alongside the recognizable symbolism; to create a game for the viewer to decode and interpret connections and overlapping narratives of the cards and their relatives. 
My main material was sourced from vintage comic books, giving me the ability to edit through the form of objects, characters, and text. I utilized this material with the aim to create a collection that subverts expectations on what a deck of cards can be by disrupting its forms with compositional play to entice closer inspection. Deal Me In is an attempt to share moments and time with objects and transform a traditional card game into uncovering narrative and promoting a different kind of play that feels both familiar and new. 

Everything and Then Some, University of British Columbia Okanagan (2025)
Matter of Time, University of British Columbia Okanagan (2025)

HYPHENATED BEINGAugmented Reality ArtWork
4 ft x 4 ft 

This work is apart of the PressPlay research project through the Amplab UBCO - the 2024 Augmented Reality Undergraduate Research Stream 

Hyphenated Subject is an exploration of the inharmonious and discordant nature of a hybrid identity. Inspired by Fred Wah’s Diamond Grill that investigates themes of being mixed race and navigating a sense of belonging within that.This character represents a state in which you are never fully balanced or able to find harmony within hybridity. Utilizing the subjects behaviour and exaggerated state of motion to represent the push and pull of inner battles and navigating the space in between. The subject is pulled from inside its head, reflecting on the psychological control of its physical state.
The AR element of the piece is constructed using Artivive, which allows three dimensional animations to appear on top of the printed banner images. 
Audio and Sound Design by Kai Hagen

Installed along the Artwalk in the Cultural District in downtown Kelowna
June 2024 - June 2025
& Exhibited at Hearing the Interior with Fred Wah and Pauline Butling, The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art during May 2025

TIDAL Temporary Tattoos
3 in x 4 in 

Tidal is a collection of temporary tattoos that emulate the organic movement of water, created with the intention of framing the natural forms of the body. Designed digitally, with programs including procreate and illustrator. My aim is to create trails of waterlike organic abstractions that can be placed on the body as a way of framing or accentuating the natural forms. I’m utilizing the body that I'm working on as a tool by thinking of the ways in which tattoos can be placed to create winding, falling trails across the body. By dividing up my design, I'm giving the user the ability to create unique trails with their choices, possibility for design connection and placement being up to them. I hope for my work to open up an exploration of one's own body and its forms through these water trails meant to conform to the body's natural shapes. 

Installed and for purchase at the Alternator Centre for the Contemporary Arts
ArtMart June - Dec 2024

    
BOX OFFICEBox Office, 2024
Digital Painting 
24 in x 36 in 

My collection of fictional film posters, Box Office, is an intentional departure from convention, exploring the language of European arthouse designs to evoke the incomprehensible. Each poster presents an imagined film narrative with the aim of creating space for an individual layer of storytelling, where viewers construct a narrative unique to their perspective and interpretations. This intention pays homage to an era when posters were hand-painted by artists who often hadn't seen the films they were portraying, adding a level of disjointedness between the narrative of the film and the poster. Because of this my process was focused on intentional ambiguity woven through elements of design like legibility and illustrations made to purposefully confuse or intrigue. I was inspired by expressionist Polish and German movie posters movements and their approach to design. Their focus on obscuring and abstracting narratives, rather than straightforward depiction, led me away from modern conventions and towards a style that mirrors my exploration of the sublime. This shift in design philosophy not only encapsulates my pursuit of the incomprehensible but also challenges the viewer to engage in deeper, more interpretive ways. The result is not just a series of promotional materials but pieces that invite reflection and challenge perceptions.

Installed in the FINA Gallery at UBC Okanagan during April 2024
Beyond Reality: The Digital Sublime