Laixi. Graphite on panel. 48 x 36 inches. 2017
Mai Tai. Graphite on panel, 48 x 36 inches. 2017
Haida. Graphite on panel, 48 x 36 inches. 2017
Pingdu. Graphite on panel, 48 x 36 inches. 2017
Liumao. Graphite on panel. 72 x 72 inches. 2017
Hexagons. Graphite on panel, 60 x 96 inches. 2017
Hexagons. Graphite on panel, 72 x 60 inches. 2016
Hexagons 4. Graphite on panel. 96 x 52 inches. 2018
Untitled (Hexagons 3). Graphite on panel. 50 x 24 inches. 2018
Hexagons 5. Graphite on panel, 50 x 30 inches (dimensions vary based on installation). 2019
0D. Graphite on panel, 30 x 24 inches. 2017
Superconductor. Graphite on panel, 48 x 36 inches. 2016
Panta Rhei. Graphite, salt on panel. 48 x 36 inches. 2017
Eye. Graphite on panel. 20 x 13 inches
Black Dragon Mine #3. Graphite on paper 11x 9 inches. 2018
Black Dragon Mine #1. Graphite on prepared paper, 11 x 9 inches. 2017
Black Dragon Mine #5. Graphite on paper 11x 9 inches. 2018
Black Dragon Mine #1. Graphite on paper 11x 9 inches. 2018
Black Dragon Mine #14. Graphite on prepared paper. 16 x 12 inches. 2017
Black Dragon Mine #16. Graphite on prepared paper. 16 x 12 inches. 2017
Black Dragon Mine #15. Graphite on prepared paper. 16 x 12 inches. 2017
Mouth. Graphite, wood, epoxy clay 4 x 6 x 7
Bowl. Graphite, plaster, epoxy clay, 2 ¾ x 4 ¼ x 4 ¼ inches. 2017
Black Dragon Mine Trio. 2018
Sump. Graphite, plaster, epoxy clay 2 ½ x 4 ½ x 5 ½ inches. 2017
Holes. Graphite, plaster, epoxy clay, 2 ¾ x 10 ¼ x 7 ⅞ inches. 2017
Shell. Graphite, plaster, epoxy clay ½ x 4 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches. 2017
Crater, Graphite, plaster, epoxy clay, 3 x 9 ¼ x 8 ⅝ inches. 2017
Installation Image. Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Installation Image. Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Installation Image. Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Installation Image. Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Installation Image. Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Maitai. Artist book. Edition of 25. Published by Sming Sming Books
Black Dragon Graphite Group
Black Dragon Graphite Group is a series of graphite drawings and sculptures inspired by research on, and materially sourced from, Chinese graphite mines. At these mines, graphite is extracted for use in lithium-ion batteries in smartphones and electric cars. The Chinese graphite industry has been accused of some of the worst environmental rights violations in China.
My drawings depict abstract shapes that are based on satellite images of the mines and I use this same graphite to construct the artworks. I work the graphite to reveal its material capacities through the visual language of modernist abstraction. I explore the cost of our “green” technologies and industries through the materiality of graphite, my body in the act of drawing, and the contemporary lens of a satellite image.