Lifelong learning Artist
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Dee-mee-tree Groo-shchan-skee

Artist Statement
My exploration begins at the core of human nature—the brain, its incredible ability to adapt, learn, and survive. Neuroplasticity is more than a scientific term; it’s a story of struggle, transformation, and the relentless pursuit of balance. I am captivated by the concept of homeostasis—the delicate edge between order and collapse, between life and its disappearance. But what happens when that balance is disrupted? When the system proves too fragile to hold?Each piece becomes a stage for this conflict. Biological processes—adaptation, perception, transformation—constantly collide with the human drive to make sense of an unstable world. I study how the brain forges new connections, sometimes against all odds, to survive. This is survival, this is creation, this is meaning—made even where none exists.Inspired by the philosophy of optimistic nihilism, I embrace the paradox of the absurd: the world may lack inherent meaning, but this absence frees us to create our own. The absurd is not an obstacle but a source of opportunity—a space where freedom and responsibility merge to turn the void into a field of creativity.As someone with a learning disability, I rely on tools like neural networks to structure my process and deepen my exploration of ideas. These technologies help me navigate the balance between intuition and precision, between creating meaning and accepting its absence.Each piece I create seeks to ask questions: How do we adapt to a world that resists us? Where is the line between balance and destruction? And how can we find harmony while existing on the fragile edge between order and absurdity? There are no answers, only the constant movement forward.
Education
• Self-taught artist, began artistic practice in 2018.Exhibitions
• 2024: “Menagerie 2024,” Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley, Pulaski, Virginia, USA
• 2022: “The New Artist,” Boomer Gallery, London, UKPublications
• 2024: Online publication in Silhouette, Virginia Tech Student JournalCollections
• Artwork held in private collections in Canada and RussiaCurrent Location
• Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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• Phone: +1 540-589-2586
• Current Location: Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
I’m always open to discussions about art and will happily respond to all emails.
2025
Structures for Survival. No signal detected.
This series explores failure not as a sudden collapse, but as a gradual, adaptive condition of intelligent life.The recurring motif of fragile vessels, shields, and drifting figures reflects civilizations navigating a vast, indifferent environment. These constructions resemble protection, but they also function as burdens — systems that must be constantly maintained, justified, and defended.The title refers to the Fermi paradox not as a scientific question alone, but as an existential one: if intelligent life is common, why does it so often fail to persist? My work does not seek answers, but examines the quiet space where adaptation turns into stagnation, and survival strategies become self-defeating.This series continues my interest in speculative evolution, shifting the focus from imagined organisms to imagined futures — futures shaped not by external catastrophe, but by the internal logic of behavior.
2024
Neglected by Evolution. An artist statement.
When we come to natural history museums, we can vividly observe how the evolutionary process bred and reassembled human species, and the result is that we see at least 21 species of Homo that have ever inhabited our ancient homeworld.
But what we don't see... Billions of mutations that never happened, languages that will never be heard, ideas that will never materialize into consciousness, myriad species that were denied existence.
I want to capture this ghostly moment, a glorious act of evolution but without its inevitability.
I am inspired by this vast ocean of possibilities that evolution has neglected in the context of our incredible world.
I'm inspired by primate studies, medieval bestiaries, and speculative biology.

"Neglected by Evolution. Anser Canadensis Sapiens". Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Galea." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Panicalis." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution . Homo Echoflutus. Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Pneumatus." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
2023
Neglected by Evolution. An artist statement.
When we come to natural history museums, we can vividly observe how the evolutionary process bred and reassembled human species, and the result is that we see at least 21 species of Homo that have ever inhabited our ancient homeworld.
But what we don't see... Billions of mutations that never happened, languages that will never be heard, ideas that will never materialize into consciousness, myriad species that were denied existence.
I want to capture this ghostly moment, a glorious act of evolution but without its inevitability.
I am inspired by this vast ocean of possibilities that evolution has neglected in the context of our incredible world.
I'm inspired by primate studies, medieval bestiaries, and speculative biology.

"Neglected by Evolution. Anser Canadensis Sapiens". Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Galea." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Panicalis." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution . Homo Echoflutus. Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Pneumatus." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
2022
Neglected by Evolution. An artist statement.
When we come to natural history museums, we can vividly observe how the evolutionary process bred and reassembled human species, and the result is that we see at least 21 species of Homo that have ever inhabited our ancient homeworld.
But what we don't see... Billions of mutations that never happened, languages that will never be heard, ideas that will never materialize into consciousness, myriad species that were denied existence.
I want to capture this ghostly moment, a glorious act of evolution but without its inevitability.
I am inspired by this vast ocean of possibilities that evolution has neglected in the context of our incredible world.
I'm inspired by primate studies, medieval bestiaries, and speculative biology.

"Neglected by Evolution. Anser Canadensis Sapiens". Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Galea." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Panicalis." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution . Homo Echoflutus. Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Pneumatus." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
2021
Neglected by Evolution. An artist statement.
When we come to natural history museums, we can vividly observe how the evolutionary process bred and reassembled human species, and the result is that we see at least 21 species of Homo that have ever inhabited our ancient homeworld.
But what we don't see... Billions of mutations that never happened, languages that will never be heard, ideas that will never materialize into consciousness, myriad species that were denied existence.
I want to capture this ghostly moment, a glorious act of evolution but without its inevitability.
I am inspired by this vast ocean of possibilities that evolution has neglected in the context of our incredible world.
I'm inspired by primate studies, medieval bestiaries, and speculative biology.

"Neglected by Evolution. Anser Canadensis Sapiens". Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Galea." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Panicalis." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution . Homo Echoflutus. Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Pneumatus." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
2020
Neglected by Evolution. An artist statement.
When we come to natural history museums, we can vividly observe how the evolutionary process bred and reassembled human species, and the result is that we see at least 21 species of Homo that have ever inhabited our ancient homeworld.
But what we don't see... Billions of mutations that never happened, languages that will never be heard, ideas that will never materialize into consciousness, myriad species that were denied existence.
I want to capture this ghostly moment, a glorious act of evolution but without its inevitability.
I am inspired by this vast ocean of possibilities that evolution has neglected in the context of our incredible world.
I'm inspired by primate studies, medieval bestiaries, and speculative biology.

"Neglected by Evolution. Anser Canadensis Sapiens". Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Galea." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Panicalis." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution . Homo Echoflutus. Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Pneumatus." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.
2019
Neglected by Evolution. An artist statement.
When we come to natural history museums, we can vividly observe how the evolutionary process bred and reassembled human species, and the result is that we see at least 21 species of Homo that have ever inhabited our ancient homeworld.
But what we don't see... Billions of mutations that never happened, languages that will never be heard, ideas that will never materialize into consciousness, myriad species that were denied existence.
I want to capture this ghostly moment, a glorious act of evolution but without its inevitability.
I am inspired by this vast ocean of possibilities that evolution has neglected in the context of our incredible world.
I'm inspired by primate studies, medieval bestiaries, and speculative biology.

"Neglected by Evolution. Anser Canadensis Sapiens". Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Galea." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Panicalis." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution . Homo Echoflutus. Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.

"Neglected by Evolution. Homo Pneumatus." Graphite and wax on manila paper. 2024.