Art

On the journey from coping to accepting the reality of life without a uterus, I began sharing my story and, in the process, discovered many others. While I faced my own path, women shared their own stories of simultaneously receiving reproductive care throughout the Midwest. Some faced challenges of care, while others traveled where they could attain bodily autonomy, and even others struggled to conceive. Some entangled with each other, with their needs requiring a trip to Planned Parenthood at the same time as I sought birth control. These stories of women’s experiences, particularly among reproductive care, access, and identity, led to my new collection focused on telling women’s stories intertwined with my own. The universal experiences of women unite in the collective experience of womanhood. This collection seeks to engage viewers in conversations on womanhood and the diverse stories with similar feelings we all share. As an evolving practice, my works are contantly moving and being created. Come back again to check out what new pieces make their way here.

2025-present

2024-present

Sculpture

Exploring themes of loss and reproductive challenges through a new medium - more to come!

2022-present

Reimagining the Diagram

When I was told my only option was a hysterectomy, I felt the grief of choice, the grief of loss, and the anxiety of a new beginning. Terrified of the way my body might change after the procedure, I later learned that it didn’t; from the outside, I look exactly the same. Underneath, I had confronted how my changing insides would influence my identity and ultimately discovering that who I am is more than the absence of one organ. My body of work is one woman’s journey to becoming more than the sum of her parts but rather an entire human with the unique pleasure of learning not just what makes us operate but also why. I hope that by sharing my journey, and inciting conversations about identity, others can confront what it is about them that makes them feel whole—maybe it is what is left after change that starts a journey for those that have yet to feel complete. Maybe, it’s the changes we experience that are the real beauty of life.