Welcome Home (2019) - Sculpture & Installation
Created after returning from studying abroad in Florence, Welcome Home explores identity, belonging, and the deeply personal connection between self and space. Immersed in sculpture and installation art, I learned to find myself in the making — to let process and material guide me toward meaning.
This body of work features three key installations created in Washington, D.C. in 2019: Homesick, TLC, and Braids on Broad St.
Homesick — a cardboard model of my childhood home — reflects feelings of displacement and longing while navigating distance from home and self.
TLC transforms a bathroom mirror and sink into a site of self-discovery, honoring the countless hours I spent doing my hair and learning to see beauty in my own reflection.
Braids on Broad St. reimagines the idealized white picket fence, weaving synthetic braids through a fence covered in litter to reclaim pride in where I come from.
Hair became a symbolic thread throughout this work — a visual metaphor for growth, identity, and connection. What began as performance art while abroad evolved into a sculptural dialogue about home, Black womanhood, and self-acceptance.
Exhibited at the Katchen Arts Center.
Homesick (2019)
Cardboard, hand-braided synthetic hair, mylar, acrylic paint
“Homesick” reflects the tension between memory and identity — rebuilding a version of home from fragments of recollection and material comfort.
Braids on Broad St. (2019)
Wood, hand-braided synthetic hair, found litter
“Braids on Broad St.” reclaims space and narrative, transforming symbols of idealized living into a celebration of real, rooted identity.
TLC (2019)
Wood, hand-braided synthetic hair, used sink, mirror, beauty products
“TLC” is an intimate reflection on self-care and self-recognition — the bathroom as both a private and sacred space of becoming.
