My work uses the mediums of screenprinting, relief printing, bookmaking and sculpture to explore themes of alienation, both from one another and our desires. I convey these themes through two primary subjects, that of animals and buildings. I see animals as a way to convey unity through difference—as agents that, although they do not function like we do, have their own needs and desires with which we can never understand but hopefully respect. Buildings convey our commonality and differences with the non-human world as they are the way in which we construct our habitats, while also exemplifying the complexities of human society as it is now—not only do we rely on architecture for dwellings only, as most other species do, we also need buildings for our government, social convening, industry, etc. Most recently, I exhibited my senior thesis work, "Realized Utopias," as an undergraduate at Ohio University. The exhibit explored themes of animality, architecture, and desires/dreams through the lens of utopia. The exhibit featured three sculptural "books" that used cyanotype and CMYK screenprinting to create immersive peek-a-boo books, as well as a repeated screenprint that hung on the wall. I have now relocated to Pittsburgh and hope to take advantage of the city's vibrant arts—and specifically, printmaking—community in order to further explore printmaking mediums and my conceptual interests.