On March 29 2025, I unveiled my textile art series at Helm Contemporary—and over 180 people came through. It was loud, celebratory, and honestly one of the most surreal, affirming days of my life.
This series tells the story of my mental health journey, captured in textile art I’ve designed and created. Each piece represents a cognitive adaptation or experience, using texture and pattern to explore the ways our minds respond to trauma (spoiler alert: it’s messy).
I talk a lot about misunderstood emotional states—things like sonder, catastrophic thinking, magical thinking, and paper tigers—and through this work, I try to make those internal experiences visible. My goal is to create a space for connection, understanding, and reflection—because we’re all hanging by a thread, might as well make it pretty to look at.
I felt incredibly supported. I sold half the work. And I left feeling more connected than ever to the people who showed up, looked closely, and saw themselves in the pieces.
