The Dream House encompasses the American Dream. White picket fence, saturated grass. It is the idea of longing for the dream and being so close, but never close enough to attain it because of the racial system against Black folks.
Everyone is Watching Me expresses the feeling of sticking out as a black person in the suburbs.
In Bloom is a playful illustration on the endless gaze on the black women, being fetishized and judged simultaneously.
Nowhere From Home is about the mistreatment and isolation of black soldiers in the army.
Rebound plays on the pursuit of success and how basketball culture becomes one of the few ways to make it out.
The Block depicts a Black neighborhood. While seemingly mundane, it challenges common perceptions of the Black community.
The Black Sheep reflects the oppressive nature of isolation that Black people have historically faced. It symbolizes the experience of standing out, not by choice but because of systemic circumstances.
The American Dream
The American Dream is a conceptual illustration series that unveils the unsettling experiences of the Black diaspora in North America. By exposing the illusion of the Dream, my work reveals the eerie realities that exist in contrast to its promises.
