When it’s time to go, when we must leave our country and flee with just the few precious articles we can carry, how do we bring our “home” with us? Headlines of displaced Syrian refugees evoke for me personal stories of my family escaping the Armenian genocide in 1915. Safety Net is braided and crocheted from mismatched bed sheets donated by friends. It’s intricate weaving of colors mirrors the cultural exchanges that develop when diverse groups of people collide.
“Safety Net (detail)”, braided and crocheted bedsheets, McNichols Civic Building, Denver, 2017
“Safety Net (detail)”, braided and crocheted bedsheets, McNichols Civic Building, Denver, 2017
Installation at Denver International Airport, “Avian Apparatus,” latex, yarn, nails on wall, 2016, Photo courtesy of Denver International AirportInstallation at Denver International Airport, “Avian Apparatus” (detail), latex, yarn, nails on wall, 2016, Photo courtesy of Denver International AirportInstallation at Denver International Airport, 2016, Photo courtesy of Denver International Airport
Shapeshift Installation at the Longmont Museum, 2013Shapeshift Installation at the Longmont Museum, 2013
Superstar, installation at the Art League in Houston, Texas, 2009. ink and gouache on found album covers
Installation at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 2009
Phoenix, installation at the Art League in Houston, Texas, 2009, 1000 cranes folded from mail order catalogues, glass beads, found tree branch, black spray paintPhoenix (detail,) installation at the Art League in Houston, Texas, 2009, 1000 cranes folded from mail order catalogues, glass beads, found tree branch, black spray paint
Installation at Walker Fine Art, Color Studies, ink and latex on found fabrics on found drum rims, various diameters
Mural for the Flower Bin garden center in Longmont, Colorado, 2015, latex paint on concrete composite sidingFlora the Goose, painted for the Flower Bin garden center in Longmont, Colorado, 2015, latex and polyurethane on pre-fabricated goose
September High School Boulder, Colorado, 2015. Collaborative mural with students to commemorate the flood of 2013. Deck stain and wood burning on plywood panels.September High School Boulder, Colorado, 2015. Collaborative mural with students to commemorate the flood of 2013. Deck stain and wood burning on plywood panels (detail.)
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