I examine utopia, nation-building, and the archive within the expanded field of painting. I rely on elements of print media, cinema, design history, surrealism, and folklore to evoke parallel universes, investigating the disconnect between past projected futures and reality through altered and imagined space. My interest in post-communist perception and the politics of memory lends itself to ambiguous images and hypnotic, dreamlike compositions that oscillate between flatness and true representation, further emphasizing a silent but steady descent into entropy and euphoria.

My research explores themes of Latin American labor, human figurative sculpture, oral histories, and the material culture from Latin America.

Mr. Dick has integrated studio practice with teaching practice related to topics and materials. 

Ms. Shon’s research includes image-based/mixed media work exploring memory, identity, and loss in the context of family and community. 

Jamie Ho’s research and artistic practice engages in photography, GIFs, new media, and installation to investigate the long-term impact of assimilation and cultural bereavement through references of ancestral Chinese traditions and artifacts. Her work uses performance, the lighting studio and aesthetics of Camp to call to question societal expectations of gender roles and performance. 

Ms. Cariddi’s primarily works with painting, drawing and ceramic sculpture.