Our Better Angels explores the tension between empathy and division, asking how individuals and societies navigate competing impulses toward care, control, and self-interest. Through ceramic forms and symbolic pairings, the work reflects on how moral frameworks are shaped by cultural narratives, political influence, and inherited systems of belief. Positioned between optimism and skepticism, the exhibition considers whether the “better angels” of human nature can emerge within structures that often reward extraction, hierarchy, and opposition.
Materials
ceramic, silkscreen, installation, audio
ceramic, silkscreen, installation, audio
Exhibition
SHIFT Gallery
SHIFT Gallery
Seattle, 2025
Our Better Angels: J6, 2025, acrylic image transfer on aluminum dibond, chain, vinyl.
Our Better Angels 1, 2025, glaze on mid-range stoneware, cone 5.
Our Better Angels, installation view, 2025, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle.
Our Better Angels 2, 2025, glaze on mid-range stoneware, cone 5.
Our Better Angels, installation view, opening reception, 2025, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle.
Our Better Angels 3, 2025, glaze on mid-range stoneware, cone 5.
Our Better Angels 4, 2025, glaze on mid-range stoneware, cone 5.
Our Better Angels (triptych), 2025, printed nylon flag, acrylic image transfer on aluminum dibond.
Our Better Angels: J6, 2025, acrylic image transfer on aluminum dibond, chain, vinyl., detail
Our Better Angels: J6, 2025, acrylic image transfer on aluminum dibond, chain, vinyl., detail
Our Better Angels 5, 2025, glaze on mid-range stoneware, cone 5.
Our Better Angels, installation view, opening reception, 2025, SHIFT Gallery, Seattle.
Our Better Angels: Nine Stages of Freedom, 2025, silkscreen print edition, matte black vinyl.
Our Better Angels 6, 2025, glaze on mid-range stoneware, cone 5.
Our Better Angels: J6, 2025, acrylic image transfer on aluminum dibond, chain, vinyl., detail
Our Better Angels 7, 2025, glaze on mid-range stoneware, cone 5.
Our Better Angels: J6, 2025, acrylic image transfer on aluminum dibond, chain, vinyl., detail.
Our Better Angels: It Wasn’t Very Good, 2025, acrylic image transfer on aluminum dibond.
Our Better Angels: Nine Stages of Freedom, 2025, silkscreen print edition, matte black vinyl, detail.
