Another Channel (Detail), 2023. Archival digital print, 40" x 40".
"Longing" 2023
"Longing" is a small body of work that explores embodied memories and ancestral history. The series consists of digital archival prints which build upon techniques developed in previous series like "Scattered Thoughts" and "Homecoming."
In this series, nude figures mingle, merge, and interrupt scenes of verdant landscapes. The presence of these bodily forms suggests a yearning for integration, a desire to insert oneself back into the histories of these ancestral lands.
In making these works, I was curious to find an ease and ready acceptance of the body into land. Perhaps this shouldn't have been a surprise. Our bodies experience the world in our waking moments. The land holds memories of geological consequence—measured by slow tectonic rises and the relenting carving of rivers. There's space for us to nestle ourselves, our thoughts and desires, against the welcoming grooves of this earth.
Exhibition History
Select works featured in Expressions of Home, 2023, held at Gallery 881, Vancouver, BC; A Bitten Peach, 2023 hosted by the Asian Arts and Culture Trust at Urbanspace Gallery, Toronto, ON; Subliminal, 2023, held at the Lost and Found Gallery, Toronto, ON.