I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, where art and design were a part of my life from the very beginning. Growing up with limited means, I learned to be inventive, first in the ways I dressed, and later through sketching, painting, dancing, and building. These early experiments shaped my creativity and taught me to see possibility in constraint.
When I moved to Chicago two decades ago, I became a carpenter. Construction offered me another kind of canvas, one built on structure, precision, and the transformation of raw materials into functional spaces. Even on job sites, I looked for creative approaches, bending strict practices toward new ways of building and problem-solving.
I've finally merged two worlds that shaped me: the creative lens of artmaking and the discipline of construction. To me, they have always been intertwined. Both sharpened my ability to see, to shape, and to build. Each piece I've created inhabits the space between structure and spontaneity, form and feeling.
My work is both an ending and a beginning, the culmination of years spent building not only physical spaces, but also a creative voice that is now ready to stand on its own.
