My work investigates the connections built between people, places and memories, testing the boundaries of what it means to belong. I look to photographs, text, and ephemera as the visual materials for my work. I deconstruct and reinterpret these materials to formulate my prints, using my collages as preliminary sketches. From there, I reconfigure them to better depict what it feels like to be immersed in a space. Working primarily in letterpress and screenprinting, I combine these techniques with other printing methods, bookbinding, drawing, and painting, to build my work layer by layer.

As a third generation Italian–American, I am continuously striving to create personal connections of my own to the country and culture my family left behind. I connect with those who have past via stories passed down and extrasensory experiences of my own as a medium. Some people, places, and memories that inspire my work are not one’s I’ve encountered in the flesh.

Working with local artist Sarah Robbins, I run a small studio for paper-based artists in Baltimore. PaperBase is a letterpress / design studio fostering collaborative projects and shared resources for graphic artists including printmakers, illustrators, and graphic designers.