New body of work and Exhibition with LACP

Reservoir: an Exhibition of Art, Photography,

Loneliness, and Presence.

Reservoir is a collaborative project responding to the global crisis of loneliness through visual storytelling. Like a reservoir that holds and regulates water for a community, this project gathers images, stories, and questions about connection in an age of endless scrolling.

Research continues to point to a paradox of our time: the more technologically connected we become, the more isolated many of us feel. Layered with recent years shaped by pandemic, polarization, and global uncertainty, loneliness has become a defining emotional landscape. Particularly in cities like Los Angeles, where distance and pace can amplify disconnection.

This work doesn’t offer easy answers. It offers Presence. Attention. Images as listening.

For me, this project marks the beginning of a new body of work:

Connected, an ongoing inquiry into the space between us: between screens and bodies, attention and distraction, what is consumed and what remains alive.

I’m exhibiting alongside an incredible cohort of artists and mentors, and I invite you to join us to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the work and with one another in the real world. I’d also love to hear your thoughts, reflections, or lived experiences around this theme as the work continues to unfold.

Artist Statement: Connected

My work emerges from the tension between the digital and the natural,between what is consumed and what remains alive. In a world shaped by media, I find myself drawn to the space between us, the screens and each other. I see a culture enmeshed in media, algorithms, and the endless loop of representation. I wonder if, in the saturation of screens and data streams, something essential risks slipping away: is our attention trained to scroll rather than observe, to swipe rather than feel, to react rather than reflect?

Does a child’s stillness that once meant wonder now mean Wi-Fi? The children in my photographs are lit not by sunlight but by the artificial blue of devices. Their hands press against glass instead of digging in the dirt, exploring what might be hidden beneath the surface, feeling the mud between toes, packed under fingernails, once a sign of discovery.

What do we lose when play becomes programmed?

I believe nature is the antidote. Not in opposition to technology, but as a rhythm we’ve fallen out of step with.

Event Details

Reservoir: Photography, Loneliness, and Well-Being

📍 LACP DTLA Gallery252 S. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA

🗓 January 29 – March 14, 2026Gallery days and hours vary—please check LACP’s website for the most up-to-date schedule.

Opening ReceptionThursday, January 29, 20266:00–8:00 PM