Uncovering Overlooked Histories
Our connection to the past can help us understand the present and prepare for the future. My art practice stems from the rift I have always felt with my own personal and collective history. As a Jewish American of Eastern European descent, my family history is similar to the history of all European Jews who emigrated to the United States during the mass migration between 1880-1924, and that of later waves of Jewish Immigrants, none of whom went untouched by the events of the Holocaust and global antisemitism.
My work is based in my interest in uncovering overlooked and forgotten histories. I grew up in Los Angeles, California, a metropolitan area whose history has been erased over and over again, and where the past is effectively invisible. What’s more, my personal family history involves estrangements and trauma buried beneath lapses of memory. My work aims to reconnect with the past as a way to reveal overlooked histories and understand our present cultural moment and place in history.
