award-winning art work
With well over 80,000 pieces of art submitted to the Scholastic Art and Writing competition, forty of the top pieces were sent to the Department of Art and Education. At the time, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, selected this as Best in Show.
In the same competition, The New Yorker picks their top four pieces. For some reason, this was one of them.
LUCKY LOTTO
This series explores the tension between luck, control, and perception through lottery scratch-off tickets as both subject and medium. Inspired by my experience with dyslexia, the work reflects the struggle to find meaning in symbols and patterns, with text dissolving into abstraction while numbers remain legible. Themes of gambling, addiction, and hope emerge through a process that mirrors the act of scratching—a fleeting moment of chaos and possibility.
the five stages of covid grief
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance