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June 2009 - NEXUSselects is a juried competition for seniors graduating from the many art colleges and universities in Philadelphia and the surrounding region. The juried exhibition seeks out the best and most compelling young artists and at the same time illuminates the trends and styles emanating from our region’s art schools. "In my sculpture I try to communicate experiences of constriction, futile efforts, or loss of control. I search introspectively for the roots of a discomforting memory from which to generate my work. Viewers may often find themselves in the company of an object that may potentially pose a threat to their well being, or a situation in which they can offer no help. Confounded by this position, they may be reminded of basic survival instincts, or their own closeted memories. I choose materials and processes that are of high touch and illicit intuitive emotional reactions. I feel a great tendency to push the limits of my physical capacity while building my structures. Dualities in texture, weight and visual space contribute to a sensibility that confronts the discomforting and embraces shuttered realities of the human condition."
