Maybe it's because I was raised spanning two different cultures and speaking two different languages, but I feel most at home when traveling.  Nothing inspires me more than a new landscape or a new culture. My studio has become the synthesis of my travels.

I work on paper because it is simultaneously low-tech (readily available and easily disposable) and high fidelity (its accuracy makes missteps difficult to conceal.) Paper – with such small margins of error – gives me the chance to see where accidents can lead me. I have to be responsive and connected to what I’m doing, which sharpens my instincts and trains me to see richness in the unexpected.

I studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA '03)  and textiles and tailoring at FIT. My studio is located in Portland, OR.