RISD Senior Degree Project (2026)
In consideration of diasporic identity, ritual, and institutional histories as related to questions of belonging/unbelonging, real/not real, and true/not true.
1 The title is taken from a line from Friedrich Schiller’s 1788 poem Die Götter Griechenlandes (‘The Gods of Greece’) after which Sally Rooney’s 2021 novel Beautiful World, Where Are You is named. The poem was later composed to music by Franz Schubert in 1819.
History Painting (2026), Oil on canvas, 29 in x 19 in
Pants on Fire (2026), Graphite and acrylic transfer on panel, 8 in x 6 in
(If) (2026), Acrylic transfer, watercolor, and gouache on Kozo paper, 22 in x 30 in
Hopscotch ( 2026), Letraset on ceramic plates, ~18 in from the corner
A drawing for a family heirloom (2026), Graphite and gold leaf on paper , 25 in x 7 in
Wandering Rooms (2026), Lithograph , 20 in x 30 in
A selection from Forever, Truly, (2025), Lithograph and screenprint chine-collé
amen/amend (2025), Oil paint, acrylic transfer, and graphite on panel, 8 in x 5.5 in each
Bad Romance (2025), Graphite and tracing paper chine-collé, 20.5 in x 14.5 in
Something Soft (after Felix Gonzalez-Torres) (2026), Oil paint on panel,
17 in x 13 in
Untitled (over) (2026), Lithograph with tracing paper, 14 in x 17 in
Vanitas (after Rachel Ruysch) (2026), Oil paint on panel, 7 in x 6 in
Detail of no more/or more (2025), Graphite on wood, 192 in x 4 in
slippage (2026), Lithograph, 14 in x 17 in
flame (2025), oil on panel, 6 in x 4 in