Artist Statement
My work is about the collision between the physical and digital identity. Using an
excessive mark to convey the subject of complete submission into digital culture, and the
influence it has on our identity. Specifically relating to the younger generations voice and
how they portray, and practice a dual identity. One being that of our physical, and the
other being what we choose to display on our various social media platforms When
creating my images I use a computer to illustrate the compromise between our physical
identity, and the identity portrayed on our digital platforms such as Facebook, Instagram,
Tinder, etc. When these two often contradictory personalities collide, the result is
disrupted and often corrupted like that of a digital image file. This doubling of the person
in the photograph is used to represent our struggle with separating ourselves from what
we think is expected of us, and who we really are as individuals. My work strives to
demonstrate this digital identity, through a physical format to discuss the impact it has on
us in this technologically ruled world.
While creating works of art using the medium of pen on paper to explore the idea of
order emerging from a disarray and confusion found in the medium. This disarray in the
medium is a reflection of the confusion and disharmony found as a contemporary youth
search for their identity. The use of scribbles made with a permanent tool brings to mind
an uneasiness and anxiety that will be contrasted with the collection of marks creating a
clean and representational image. I create works of art that will find the viewer conflicted
and interested at the same time.
My work is about the collision between the physical and digital identity. Using an
excessive mark to convey the subject of complete submission into digital culture, and the
influence it has on our identity. Specifically relating to the younger generations voice and
how they portray, and practice a dual identity. One being that of our physical, and the
other being what we choose to display on our various social media platforms When
creating my images I use a computer to illustrate the compromise between our physical
identity, and the identity portrayed on our digital platforms such as Facebook, Instagram,
Tinder, etc. When these two often contradictory personalities collide, the result is
disrupted and often corrupted like that of a digital image file. This doubling of the person
in the photograph is used to represent our struggle with separating ourselves from what
we think is expected of us, and who we really are as individuals. My work strives to
demonstrate this digital identity, through a physical format to discuss the impact it has on
us in this technologically ruled world.
While creating works of art using the medium of pen on paper to explore the idea of
order emerging from a disarray and confusion found in the medium. This disarray in the
medium is a reflection of the confusion and disharmony found as a contemporary youth
search for their identity. The use of scribbles made with a permanent tool brings to mind
an uneasiness and anxiety that will be contrasted with the collection of marks creating a
clean and representational image. I create works of art that will find the viewer conflicted
and interested at the same time.