My Solo Exhibition(2026) at The Canton Museum of Art consisted of a 27’ x 9’ installation of 112 Ceramic sculptures mounted to the wall and 10 other individual pieces.

“Form of Persistence” Installation Statement:

The image of a net offers both a description of a physical object and a metaphor.

An enveloping mesh, a snare, a safe place to land—or the last place you’ll land.

This net is comprised of ceramic fish modeled after Atlantic salmon, forming an ominously shaped school, interspersed with detritus commonly found floating in bodies of water or along their shores. Its implied capacity as a suspended, flexible grid is held together through conspicuous—and at times unexpected—connections. Up close, it reveals itself as a network of disjointed, individual parts.

The detritus references both the physical forms of everyday trash and broader kinds of pollution: physical, chemical, humanitarian, and psychic. Elements like “caution tape” with “Cat Fishing” written in its place, in a familiar font, point to deception, while other relationships emerge through the installation.

Referencing the Atlantic salmon is significant. It is a keystone and indicator species—highly visible in markets and restaurants, yet nearly absent from wild populations. This perception of abundance is driven by market desires and industry claims. But just beneath the surface, that sense of plenty becomes tenuous, revealing how constructed this manufactured protein is, often at odds with global ecosystems and the communities connected to them.

As salmon are only one part of a larger system, I trace the lines of relationship in which they are enmeshed. Through this single species, I consider both the ways salmon contribute to human life and the ways human activity shapes their ability to thrive or perish. If they thrive, we thrive.