2017 Artist Residency

Thanks to the University of Minnesota Berlin Artist Residency, I will spend this summer photographing my way across Europe. Using Berlin as home base, I will travel to Calais, France, Szeged, Hungary, and the Brenner Pass in Austria. In all these places I will investigate new barrier walls constructed to stop the flow of migrants from the Middle East into Europe. I am interested in the psychological and constructed space that exists between people. How and why do we establish an inside and outside? What does it mean to belong?

MFA Here I come!

Have you ever had a line from a kids book constantly going through your head? My kids have this book called Feelings – it’s got great rhymes and pictures. “I did it! I did it! I shout to the crowd. Getting dressed by myself makes me feel proud!” Well, today I get to shout “I DID IT! I DID IT! I SHOUT TO THE CROWD! GETTING INTO THE U MAKES ME FEEL PROUD!”
University of Minnesota MFA here I come! I’m shocked, amazed, scared, and feel so, so proud.