Blessings of Extinction, 2026

remembering what came before, and imagining what comes next

Blessings of Extinction compares short-term adaptation to long-term evolution in nature, arguing that the survival of the marginalized species depends on the eventual extinction of our predators: white supremacy and heteronormativity. In that comparison, this exhibition highlights the impact of an individual’s seemingly small lifestyle changes on the overall trajectory of their entire community, showing how choosing to be visibly authentic in one’s daily life sends ripples of hope through those who’ve come before and will come after them. The show includes wall-mounted illustrative quilts depicting the path of evolution of a fantastical creature, and three puppet performances in and outside of the gallery space that give power to the small adaptations that a singular creature can make in their life.

Combining poetry and paleontology, Blessing of Extinction is accompanied by text that encourages the people of marginalized identities in the area to be proud of who they are, and give them (us) hope for our shared future. Just as the research of earth’s past gives us information about life today, seeing the beauty in our current existence allows us to imagine the limitless vibrance of life tomorrow.

Grounding “otherness” in science and nature, this exhibition gives these identities a past to pull strength from and a future to fight for. It provides the context that we need to remember that we belong.

Living in the Hudson Valley as a Queer Person of Color comes with the reminder that the infrastructure that we rely on as a community was not built with people like us in mind. In that vein of thought, how much of this infrastructure is conducive to growth and progress, and how much is holding us back from living fully authentic and open lives? As we find ourselves in a moment where we are in need of new institutions and systems, I think it’s important to start the conversation of, in the shifting of power structures, if we must start from scratch, or if there's things that can be salvaged. Blessings of Extinction asks the question: once our predator is dead, how do we trust the flowers that were fertilized by their bodies?

Shown at BAU Gallery, Beacon NY

in collaboration with The Hudson Valley Puppet Festival

This exhibition of fabric puppets, performance photographs, and puppet-related illustrations, entitled For The Imagination, is a display of how integral an art form puppetry is to the development of our own inner worlds. For The Imagination allows onlookers to experience their feelings of belonging through the vessels of fantastical creatures, and experience a form of self expression that is usually solely reserved for our youth. Photographs on display by Richard Termine and Theo Carol. 

Shown at Convey/er/or Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY