MFA

This portfolio presents ten sculptural works submitted in support of my application to the MFA program at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The selected works form part of MyBody–MySelf, an ongoing research-driven practice that examines the female body as a constructed, lived, and culturally inscribed site. Through sculpture, the body is approached not as a fixed or idealized form, but as one shaped by systems of representation, social expectation, and embodied experience.

The works span bronze casting, mixed media, and relief-based processes, employing material strategies that reference weight, containment, fragmentation, and surface inscription. Across these varied approaches, the sculptures investigate themes of embodiment, constraint, memory, and resilience, foregrounding the tensions between autonomy and regulation, visibility and erasure. The body is frequently abstracted or partially withheld, emphasizing its status as both subject and object within cultural frameworks that discipline, idealize, and commodify female form.

While distinct in scale, material, and formal language, the works are conceptually unified by an inquiry into how the female body is shaped through personal narrative and collective ideology. Together, they establish a foundation for graduate-level research that situates sculptural practice within feminist theory, material inquiry, and critical discourse around the politics of the body.

Individual works may be accessed through the dropdown menu above or via the Gallery Portfolio page.