An ongoing series 2024 Everyday People is an experimental body of artwork created through Generative AI that leverages it as a tool. I am working in layers with Everyday People, exploring and experimenting with new ways to examine relationships and the distance between them.
2024 This series, Like Mondays Child, is an archaeological dig into a family, identity, expectations, and the dualistic nature of Black Identity in America.
2022 This series examines identity through the poem by the same name, which attempts to predict how a child’s life will be according to the day they were born.
2023 I use childhood sayings and fairytales and turn them upside down to explore how people develop. The phrases, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil were a large part of my upbringing. If you were taught this phrase, its meaning lies in what your parents have taught you. At every turn of this phrase, there is a choice. Where do we place ourselves in the context of this saying? How do we see ourselves?
2022 "I AM_" is a series of 21 portraits. The individuals photographed tapped into the profound meaning of self-recognition encapsulated in the words "I am." Through this project, I witnessed an emotional transformation when they vocalized their self-worth and identity. The images were placed in augmented reality and temporarily installed under the bridge in Forest Hill Park in East Cleveland, OH.
2022 An Installation My grandmother's family is well documented. I know that I am the 6th generation in the Hewlett family line. This installation explores my grandparent's migration from the South to the North. It is a mixed-media piece that incorporates augmented reality and video.
2021 Soulmerge is a deeply personal piece and my source of reflection. This project is as much an exploration as it is a documentation of my movement toward balance in my mental and spiritual state. I use my family medical history and my body to express my fears and joy in dealing with my changing body.
2019 A photographic documentation of a group of young women, age 18 before they go off to college in the Fall of 2019.
2016 It was commissioned by the Massillon Museum. Artists were asked to create using objects in their archives. I used the elements from the objects in a performative way and contained them in reliquary jars to honor the ancestors no longer attached to those objects.
2010 I use childhood sayings and fairytales and turn them upside down to explore how people develop. This was my first exploration of this phrase. At every turn of this phrase, there is a choice. Where do we place ourselves in the context of this saying? How do we see ourselves?
2010 So Black examines the origins of mankind with Krishna as inspiration. The cradle of civilization began in Africa with the Black woman, she is like Lord Krishna, an avatar that has given birth to all cultures in humankind.
2009 This is a series that examines what has been born upon the backs of Black women. It is less about identity and more about oppression and forced motherhood.