The ‘RED ROOM’ is a place of polarity where you can go to externalize your internal world and make sense of your external one. A shape-shifter in its own right yet as steadfast as the ground beneath you, it is a space for both rest and rage, pain and pleasure, learning and unlearning. It is a space deep enough for your grief and wide enough for your healing. You can exist there however you need to. Both tangible and intangible, the ‘RED ROOM’ has the capacity to hold everything and nothing.



Last year marked the 20 year anniversary of my mother's death and, unbeknownst to me, this time stamp would conjure up a wave of deep reflection. After spending years undergoing transformation and growth, I was surprised by how much of this undoing led me to feel detached from my femininity and softness. Reflecting on her absence made me realize how hardened I had become after handling heavy, messy emotions and how necessary it was to come back to the parts of me that feel grounded and rooted as a woman. I visited all the moments when I felt deeply connected to myself and my creativity and arrived at a project from when I was studying architecture. This project revolved around overlapping systems of urban cores, and employed the color red as a means to express ideas of density, transport, and connectivity. It was here that I first discovered the beautiful connection between the disciplines of art and design and how everything from ecological impact to human emotion can be expressed through abstraction. I then created my ‘RED ROOM’, by allowing myself to sit with the seemingly disjointed pieces of my lived experiences and emotions. My hope is for this body of work to be both seen and felt while inspiring you to create your own Red Room.