ARTIST STATEMENT
 
My earliest influences were the elaborate temple arts and colorful folk and religious rituals of Kerala, India. An interest in visual arts led me to enter the theater arts program at the Kerala Kalamandalam. This rich artistic lineage of sound and color still fuels my work.

I use bubble imagery as a metaphor for the invisible barrier that separates us from understanding the past. This bubble layer often resembles the surfaces created by rice paste used in the ritual and theater arts of India. My figures evoke those distant memories, which constantly resurface to be confronted and rediscovered.

By using materials that also have history, whether working with recycled paper, found materials, or borrowed fabrics each contributes, in its own way, to this idea of the past unraveling. They bring another layer of memory. Obscuring and revealing; my work explores the way we are confronted by a world that seems veiled to us. We are well aware of what lies behind the curtain; it is part of our memory. You can walk through it, it is always visible...you are only adding your own new layers, one at a time.