Manresa Gallery, 2013

Curated by Tamara Lowenstein & Joyce Grimm

This was a site responsive installation for Manresa, a gallery housed inside St. Ignatius Church. I extended the gold leaf dome with an inverted conic shape of hanging gold leaf pieces. Visitors were invited to sit, rest, and meditate under the gold leaf on an 11’ custom-made zabutan cushion. During the run of the year long installation I hosted several meditations in the gallery and in other spaces inside the church. The work draws attention to, and extends, the already existing beauty inherent to the site.

Museum of Craft and Design, SF, 2016

Curated by Deborah Valoma

This was an installation in tribute to my father-in-law who passed away in 2015 and to my own father who is losing his memory. The full title is A tribute to our fathers: If I was the song that entered your heart, then I was the music of your heart, that you wanted and needed, and thus wilderness bloomed there, with all its followers: gardeners, lovers, people who weep for the death of rivers … I am both of the earth and I am of the inexplicable (Mary Oliver)

De Saisset Museum, 2016

Curated by Christopher Sicat

This work was created in meditation and song. Each piece of gold leaf was placed with the wish: “May all beings everywhere be happy and free.” Inspired by real world prayer sites and traditions; this piece invokes Tibetan prayer flags disseminating prayers with each passing wind, temple visitors layering gold leaf on Buddha statues past recognition, and written prayers inserted into crevices of the Western Wall. Gallery visitors were encouraged to consider their presence part of the piece: "your comings and goings, bodies and breath activate the material and enliven the work. Take a moment to pause, be present, and carry these well-wishes out into the world with you.” Visitors could receive a piece of gold leaf to wear, literally becoming the prayer, and extending it with each step.