Pink

is a sculptural series made from domestic objects—chairs, lamps, doors, tables—collected and rearranged into human-like forms and situations. Each piece is painted a soft, saturated shade of pink, creating a striking contrast between the soothing color and the unsettling, sometimes ominous poses of the figures. The sculptures lean, slump, or loom in ways that feel charged, provoking discomfort, curiosity, and a sense of unease.

There was an old body shop next to my studio that had been evicted to make way for a green jobs incubator. They had a broken drainpipe against the building so I painted it pink and It became a starting point for thinking about how we remember environments and how we use to manage people, especially under the guise of care.

The color used throughout the series is Baker-Miller Pink. It was developed in the late 1970s by researcher Alexander Schauss and named after two officers at a Naval correctional facility where it was first tested. It was believed to reduce physical aggression and calm violent behavior, particularly in men, by influencing the nervous system. The color was adopted by prisons and institutions across the U.S., but later criticized and phased out when its effects proved to be temporary and inconsistent.

By pairing this color with domestic materials and bodily arrangements, I explore how environments are used to shape behavior, especially around domesticity, control, and vulnerability. The work lives in the space between comfort and threat, softness and structure. I’m asking what it means to be calm, and what happens when we try to force it.