Artist Statement
I am deeply moved by food and cities! My work orbits around these two heartbeats. For years, my artistic focus was primarily culinary - cooking and plating, of course, alongside the art of feeding people, paired with time capsules of food preservation. I make fermented beverages, vinegars, condiments, and spice blends; all using hyper-regional and foraged goods with the goal of capturing the flavors of a changing earth. For a long time, my other art mediums surrounded food - endless kitchen diaries, poems, and photographs aiming to capture the dance of the table and the lingering residue of meals. They still do but in the last few years my practice has expanded immensely including dioramic sculptures and printmaking.
Jazz hands, making focaccia in my kitchen with a friend. Photo credit Cherry Ayala.