nuclear security summit, 2024

“Nuclear Security Summit” embodies the intense emotions stirred by the summit of the same name, an initiative announced by the … More

yellowcake (the international uranium trade), 2024

This painting unfolds the alchemical transformation of uranium ore into potent yellowcake, the genesis of nuclear power. Layer upon layer, … More

Reflections on my experience in Kazakhstan as part of the Art in Embassies program of the US Department of State in Astana and Almaty in 2023

Working ‌as ‌an ‌artist in cultural exchange, I’ve seen up close how art can cross borders that politics and language … More

Unraveling the Human Narrative in ‘The Bomb’ (2016)

In a cinematic landscape cluttered with didactic documentaries and verbose visual essays on atomic history, “The Bomb” emerges as a … More

A Revisitation of ‘The Atomic Café’ (1982)

In the landscape of documentary filmmaking, few works resonate with the eerie timbre of contemporary relevance as poignantly as “The … More

The Twilight Zone’s Tackling of Atomic Age Anxieties

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, as the Cold War escalated, America found itself grappling with the existential dread … More

The film Oppenheimer, seen through my eyes

“Oppenheimer,” a film directed by Christopher Nolan, is an enthralling biographical film that chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, … More

nevada-semipalatinsk I-IX, 2023, on view at the US embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan, until 2025

The Risograph prints incorporate my drawing and fragments of images of the struggle to close the Soviet Semipalatinsk testing site in Kazakhstan. … More

radiophobia, 2023

A work informed by the human fear of radiation, in spite of it being an all-pervasive natural phenomenon. Mixed media … More

nuclear defense waste, 2023

A work inspired by the deleteriously entangled relationship between defense and energy applications of atomic forces in the sensationalist press … More