questioning—what it means to be a scientist
DESPITE THE VIOLENCE AROUND THE BLACK HOLE, THE GALACTIC CORE IS A FERTILE PLACE.
2019, mixed media
Drawing on imagery from the universal to the molecular scale, this piece expresses the beautiful existentialism of discovery -- what does it mean to know something when every answer leads to more questions?
Polygon polymers
2019, digital collage
Phenylene
2021, mixed media
Mannequin cream: Do you see color?
2020, mixed media
Ideabook triptych
2020, digital collage
Excerpts from Notebook #1 to Notebook #6
2019, digital collage
Geometry, patterns, size, shape, and symmetry are central in the design of molecules and materials. This piece comprises pages from my notebooks, where I plan projects, sketch out new molecules, and synthesize ideas.
Exposure: Light at the end of the tunnel
2023, mixed media
This body of work, a combination of digital and analog collage pieces, was inspired by my PhD research in chemistry and organic materials as well as reflection on my creative process, the iterative nature of scientific progress, and how science/scientists should engage with our broader society. Several pieces incorporate pages and cutouts from documents drafted throughout my PhD, as a way of highlighting aesthetic elements of chemistry, repurposing materials, and signifying that these early efforts did not go to waste. “Art for Transitions” alludes to the end of my PhD and also to so-called energetic/optical transitions in materials (the way materials interact with light) which can give rise to color and/or fluorescence.