Marble · Welded Steel · Reclaimed Heartwood
Solo Practice · Est. 2009
Recognition
Carrara marble, structural steel armature
Overburden
214 × 88 × 72 cm
Purchase Prize — Sculpture
“A work that holds the weight of geological time in its surface — every chisel mark a decision the stone was forced to accept.”
— Miriam Achterberg, Chief Curator, AAAL
Exhibition History
Welded Corten steel, reclaimed Douglas fir
Fault Line No. 3
310 × 140 × 95 cm
InContemporary Award
“The weld seams read as topographic contour lines — an industrial cartography of interior landscapes.”
— Terrence Okafor, Director, SculptureCenter
Exhibition History
Reclaimed heartwood, cast bronze hardware
Sediment
180 × 60 × 55 cm
MFA Grant — Visual Arts
“The wood remembers its forest. Chisel's intervention makes that memory visible without sentimentality.”
— Priya Subramaniam, Grant Juror, Joan Mitchell Foundation
Exhibition History
Vermont verde marble, raw steel plate
Stratum I
96 × 48 × 44 cm
Individual Artist Grant
“Raw ambition given precise form — this is early work that already knows exactly what it wants to become.”
— Claude Renaud, Acquisitions, Centre Pompidou Metz
Exhibition History
Practice
Each material demands a different body — marble requires weight transferred through the mallet handle, steel through the torch, wood through the drawknife pulled toward the chest. The work carries the evidence of this effort.
Carrara · Vermont Verde · Nero Marquina
Stone sourced directly from quarries in Carrara and Vermont. Each block is walked before purchase — reading the vein structure, testing the ring. The work begins before the first strike.
Subtractive. Irreversible. Honest.
Corten · Raw Mild · Structural
Welded in-studio using oxy-acetylene and MIG processes. The weld seam is never ground away — it reads as a drawing line, a decision made permanent by heat and filler rod.
Additive. Scarred. Enduring.
Reclaimed Douglas Fir · Black Walnut · Osage Orange
Salvaged from demolished structures — barns, industrial floors, bridge timbers. The wood arrives with a history: nail holes, saw marks, weather staining. These are kept, not hidden.
Found. Remembered. Transformed.
Portfolio
2024 · Carrara marble, steel
Overburden
214 × 88 × 72 cm · American Academy of Arts & Letters
2022 · Corten steel, Douglas fir
Fault Line No. 3
310 × 140 × 95 cm · Private Collection, New York
2020 · Reclaimed heartwood, bronze
Sediment
180 × 60 × 55 cm · Joan Mitchell Foundation
2018 · Verde marble, steel plate
Stratum I
96 × 48 × 44 cm · Centre Pompidou Metz
2021 · Black walnut, forged iron
Weight Study IV
55 × 38 × 30 cm · Private Collection, London
2023 · Corten steel
Monolith (Commission)
480 × 120 × 90 cm · Public Commission, Chicago
Full Documentation
68 pages of gallery-quality documentation
Provenance records for all exhibited works
Technical specifications for monumental commissions
Curator and commissioner references on request
Studio visit scheduling information
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