ABOUT ME

Body Artist, Photographer & Filmmaker

I am a Minneapolis based Body Artist, Photographer, and Filmmaker. I create on skin because it's art with a heartbeat. My work showcases resiliency through a form of storytelling that reflects our many identities and movements. From a young age creation has been central to who I am, who I’m becoming. Every summer my Baba lays out all his watercolors on the kitchen table and paints from past photos I’ve taken. I love being with him when he paints. He’s always told me that “a good painting breathes,” meaning not everything should be colored in. And now, this is how I paint people. I don’t want to engulf a person in paint, I want to accent their body.

I've worked with Oyate Hotanin, Pangea World Theater, Indigenous Peoples Task Force, Lightning Rod, Ikidowin Acting Ensemble, Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center and many independent artists throughout the Twin Cities. My work has been exhibited in Minnesota, Michigan, California and New York. My body art and photography has been published by Buddy’s Bench Press in the book Shapeshifters: Bodies Like Water which honors the deep connections between the body, land, and queer wisdom.