
Mörk Materia
By way of an indulgence in sci-fi media and a studied fascination of the ocean’s own alien-like organisms, speculations on future ecology are formed here as objects and portals that portray creatures and landscapes both real and imagined through sculptural ceramics, metal and detritus. Alluding to the vastness of space and the depths of the ocean where the sun loses its reach, Mörk Materia, meaning dark matter, also borrows its name from a sci-fi epic poem by Swedish writer and critic Aase Berg. The poem unfolds as a post-cataclysmic parable in which the narrator witnesses the slow drip of mutation and evolution towards a new order of biology, post radiation and climate disaster.
April 27 - June 1, 2024
MINT, Atlanta, GA

a thousand stars against the bow–into dark oil lakes, 2024, glazed stoneware, 13 x 9.25 x 5 inches.

It gnaws and wants to grow like a stem from a sore, 2023, glazed stoneware, sea moss, shell, fishing lure, ammonite fossils embedded in stone, 18.5 x 17 x 3 inches.

Velella velella (by-the-wind sailor), 2023, glazed stoneware, glass bead gel, squid sucker ring teeth, jump rings, barnacles, shells, acrylic ink on plexiglass, 20 x 20 x 3.5 inches.

eyelids became lips and irises split, 2023, glazed stoneware, 17.5 x 10.25 x 3.5 inches.

preferred host: tree-of-heaven, 2023, glazed stoneware, 20 x 21 x 2 inches.

sink inwards through this heavy halo, 2024, glazed stoneware, aluminum wire, steel, jute twine, 68 x 19 x 1 inches.

often seen spinning around its own center, twirling the tentacles around its body, laughing, 2024, glazed stoneware, aluminum wire, plastic netting, sand, black lava rock, 72 x 24 x 7.5 inches (length and width variable).

trampled with a violent metallic ring, 2024, glazed stoneware, 35.5 x 19 x 3 inches.

the world prints a map of itself with sterile anthers, 2024, glazed stoneware, acrylic ink on plexiglass, 20 x 20 x 8 inches.

the third wing grows out of me, 2024, glazed stoneware, 19.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 inches.

where dimensions drift aimlessly among us, 2024, direct print on aluminum composite material, spray paint, 17 x 26 inches.

It stops what flows and opens up what is closed, 2024, hammered and welded steel, chicken wire, dye sublimation print on canvas, 52 x 20 x 2 inches.



strange sands swamp lands snail glands, 2024, direct print on aluminum composite material, spray paint, 26 x 17 inches each.