I promised all those years ago that your lost lives and broken dreams
would not be in vain-that I would never give up
until mine came true-in memory of you.
Self-Sovereign
"Self Sovereign", from my genesis collection on KnownOrigin, tells the story of how I became a cryptoartist from being on Clubhouse. If you have ever seen my IRL work, you might wonder how my post-NFT work relates to it, because it is so different. 
Photo by Amruta Patil
This image by Amruta Patil is from "The Broken Heart Repair Shop". I had one + wondered why there wasn't a place to get help. There is a shop for everything eles but!, including a car repair shop, which this is based on. As Nurse Candy I sat down with everyone who wanted to share their story. They shared their deepest woes + at the end I wrote a prescription of how to recover.
Photo by Mido Lee Productions
"Self-Voyeur" is a behind the scenes perspective on an Instagram influencer. This body of work explores the monetization + promotion of the image of self-an individual’s obsession with her own image, responding to the societal obsession with the image of other. 
Photo by Mido Lee Productions
It All Started Here
In Clubhouse, I listened to @CryptoSteveWand @RyanCrucible and @irvinxyz speak on the ethos of the space. I read all the white papers. I realized that my work on the blockchain would be forever. 
My Art Studio in the Metaverse
I knew then that I could only put work on the blockchain that represented permanence. My work would be about my dreams, my imagination + how I see the world. So the work you see is what I hope to be, not what I am, nor what I was.
I’m an artist focusing on process oriented, narrative based Site-Responsive projects that are a fusion of Environmental, Digital, Performance and Installation Art. I graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design at 51 after raising my son as a single mom. At SCAD, for the first time in my life, I learned to have an artistic practice. I was allowed complete freedom in the development of my projects, and, crucially, I was required to research and to document my process. This lead to the development of an artistic practice that dwells outside the scope of traditional disciplines. My works incorporate the use of multiple mediums built upon a foundation of site-responsiveness, storytelling and process. I always ask: How can I best convey the concept of this work? incorporate multiple layers of meaning? which medium/s? Since graduation, I have continuously created, honing my process and practice and devoting my life to building my oeuvre under challenging circumstances.
Just hung Room with a View sculpture
A Site-Responsive, Site-Specific work, Sebastopol, CA
My
art practice has multiple dimensions: I am a process oriented,
narrative based artist focusing on Installation, Performance,
Environmental and Virtual projects. Process is the foundation of my
work, while narrative maintains the through line. I am medium agnostic,
which allows me to use the mode of expression, materials and processes
that best embrace the storyline.
I have spent the last 2 years
focusing on building my virtual practice. In the next several years, I
will be consciously working on integrating and fusing the various
mediums into large scale environments that incorporate all facets of my
practice.
Dear Sun, Thank you. 2020 Still shot by Badir McCleary from drone performance
This work is
from a series called, "Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Aether" Each drone
performance focuses on one of the elements of Nature. Badir and I have
completed "Earth", "Fire" and "Water" in the series so far.
"Dear
Sun, Thank You" focuses on the healing power of the sun and is the element of Fire. I have lived
with the debilitating effects of Lyme Disease since 1991. When I moved
to Los Angeles from the East Coast, my suffering eased from being in the
warm, dry and sunny climate.
These
works would not be possible without Badir's talented filmmaking. During
lockdown, I was looking for ways to transcend the boundaries of the
stay at home order. Badir's drone work from the BLM protests inspired my
idea of drone performances. We are equal artists on this project
Every isms and every theory should be studied, but they can only be viewed as hypothesis, not dogmatic credo; they can only be viewed as a source of reference, not as rules of religion; they can only be viewed as inspiring tools, not as absolute truth that halts any further critical thinkings. Only in this way can people cultivate creative intelligence, become able to solve specific problems, and emancipate from the superstition of abstract words.
Hu Shih
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