Senior Thesis Project (2025- 2026)

This ongoing project explores identity, resilience, stoicism, and subconscious expression through autobiographical imagery, family portraiture, documentary photography, free-association drawings, and daily sketchbook work. The project is intentionally process-driven and experimental, emphasizing material exploration and a meditative focus on the act of making. Alongside painting and drawing, it incorporates materials and media new to my practice (including spray paint, gouache, oil sticks, and carved wooden sculptures), prioritizing instinct, flow states, and repetition over final resolution.

As of October 2025, the project includes 32 paintings, 50+ sketchbook pages, and 400+ photographs. The final body of work will be completed in early April 2026, culminating in my first solo exhibition in late April and a group exhibition in May.