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I am a settler/Indigenous Art History student at NSCAD University. My print work explores my personal emotion and experiences with what is described by western science as mental illness. Working in print often emphasizes repetition; this is an aspect of neurodiversity as well and in some forms, how it manifests within the individual. Through printmaking, I am able to confront stereotypes and assumptions associated with mental illness.

Creating art during the COVID19 pandemic has evolved into an incredible method of healing for me. In sharing my own personal experiences, I am participating in an act of resilience that honors my ancestors.

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The prints are a visual record of my experience coping with anxiety. I create meaning through the tools and mediums I work with, fully immersing myself, my emotion, experiences and spirit into each piece. The result is most often an abstract work of art that must be individually interpreted. My method of creating in print encourages a new, more resilient way of considering neurodiversity that invites and communicates rather than silences and shames.