“Who am I if not the pearl at the bottom of the ocean?”
Welcome to a living archive of my creative practice, reflections, and explorations across visual art, music, design, and storytelling. Here, I share the inspirations, processes, and experiences that shape my work, exploring the intersections of ancestral memory, imagination, cultural identity, and the natural world. Through essays, studio notes, and personal reflections, I invite you into the worlds I create and the stories that continue to unfold within them.
A World for Existence: The Making of The Kelp Forest
What does it mean to build a world instead of a single artwork?
For years, I carried an imagined underwater landscape within me. I wanted to create a place where textiles became environments, music became architecture, and storytelling existed beyond the limitations of language.
Eventually, that world became The Kelp Forest.
Presented at Jack Straw New Media Gallery in Seattle during the summer of 2026, The Kelp Forest was an immersive installation celebrating African-descendant and Indigenous diasporic cultural narratives through visual art, music, and multisensory storytelling.
Hand-sewn tapestry curtains hung from the ceiling, their patchwork forms resembling seaweed suspended beneath the ocean's surface. Projections of oceanic imagery and mandalas surrounded the space, while sound baths and original music created an atmosphere for reflection.
At the center of the installation was an open area where visitors could lie down, meditate, move, or simply exist.
I wanted to create a world where people could experience art without the expectation of producing something in return.