Himeji, Japan
Summer 2025
This body of work was created during the L-AIR Residency in Himeji, Japan— a city historically known for its leather craftsmanship. The residency invites artists to engage with leather as a primary medium and reinterpret its traditional use through contemporary expression.
Working within this context, I approached leather not only as a material, but as a living surface—one that holds memory, tension, and the capacity to transform.
This body of work was created during the L-AIR Residency in Himeji, Japan— a city historically known for its leather craftsmanship. The residency invites artists to engage with leather as a primary medium and reinterpret its traditional use through contemporary expression.
Working within this context, I approached leather not only as a material, but as a living surface—one that holds memory, tension, and the capacity to transform.
“By showing you my scars, I hope you can feel safe to look at your own”
“By showing you my scars, I hope you can feel safe to look at your own”
The Anatomy of Healing is a series of large-scale leather works exploring emotional wounds through material, language, and texture. Each work represents a different type of wound:
• 血 (Chi) — Blood: The inherited wounds passed down through family, .i.e. generational trauma.
• 響 (Hibiki) — Echo: The wounds inflicted by others — heartbreak, rejection, societal judgment
• 影 (Kage) — Shadow: The wounds we create ourselves —the unseen battles within
By revealing these marks publicly, I aim to create a safe space for shared reflection — where we can begin to see our own wounds not as weaknesses, but as portals for transformation.
Through exposure, there is power.
Through honesty, there is healing.
The Anatomy of Healing is a series of large-scale leather works exploring emotional wounds through material, language, and texture. Each work represents a different type of wound:
• 血 (Chi) — Blood: The inherited wounds passed down through family, .i.e. generational trauma.
• 響 (Hibiki) — Echo: The wounds inflicted by others — heartbreak, rejection, societal judgment
• 影 (Kage) — Shadow: The wounds we create ourselves —the unseen battles within
By revealing these marks publicly, I aim to create a safe space for shared reflection — where we can begin to see our own wounds not as weaknesses, but as portals for transformation.
Through exposure, there is power.
Through honesty, there is healing.
Collaboration with Osamu Takata
Pigskin, stainless steel, iron, tattoo
Tattooing the sculpture was like writing my own story onto another skin.
In Japan, a body covered in tattoos is still often seen as something to hide—tied to quiet taboos and cultural memory. My poetry moves across this figure the same way ink moves across my own body: both a declaration of belonging and a mark of difference.
Feelings of an Outsider exists within that tension— between expression and perception, visibility and exclusion.
Tattooing the sculpture was like writing my own story onto another skin.
In Japan, a body covered in tattoos is still often seen as something to hide—tied to quiet taboos and cultural memory. My poetry moves across this figure the same way ink moves across my own body: both a declaration of belonging and a mark of difference.
Feelings of an Outsider exists within that tension— between expression and perception, visibility and exclusion.
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