The premise of my art is to understand why trauma and violence experienced in one generation affects subsequent generations. Why pathways that lead to the replication of patterns of violence as well, those that interrupt these patterns? My interest in intergenerational transmission of trauma and violence developed out of my focus of my own family history. As I create, I’m actively exploring and understanding my behavior within the context of my family and making sense of my past and recreating my narrative of past experiences in hope to interrupt patterns and cycles. I create quilts because they visually represent the history and patterns that are passed down from generation to generation. I intentionally interrupt the quilt patterns with house hold objects or misaligning the patterns to manifest my hope to break apart from family patterns of trauma.
2019
mix media on quilted canvas
52 1/2 x 38 1/2 in
2020
music by Maria Hulthen Birkeland
2020
inkjet print
14 x 14 in
2020
mix media on latex mold of a quilt
36 x 36 in
2020
mix media on handsewn homemade paper
2020
rabbit pelt on quilt
2020
latex on quilted canvas
12 x 12 in
2019
mix media on quilted canvas
36 x 36 in
2019
mix media on quilted canvas
20 x 19 1/2 in
2019
mix media on quilted canvas
36 x 36 in
2019
mix media on quilted canvas
32 x 29 in
2019
mix media on quilted canvas
24 x 24 in
