March 2017 to August 2018
Large vinyl sheeting on four sets of elevator doors

Displayed in locations across Northeastern University, including Snell Library, Marino Athletic Center, Egan Research Center, and the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex

The professor who allowed me to do my first mural Benthic, Sophia Ainsley, emailed me about an art project happening on campus: the Art Lift project, which worked with students to put their art on sets of elevator doors in main buildings around campus. I decided to apply, and emailed some recent work to the head of the program, Bruce, the art curator for Northeastern University at the time. He responded that he'd been wondering who had done the Sharpie mural in Ryder, and wanted to meet.

From that first meeting, we got along well, and he planned to work with me again—not just with the Art Lift project, but also in projects that later became Evolve and Euphotic. I am so grateful to Bruce for taking me under his wing, and introducing me to the world of public art. He genuinely changed my life, showing me a whole new world to art.

For the Art Lift project, I submitted my recent digital work, and Bruce selected portions to make into the vinyl sheets. The first two are from one drawing, and the second two from another.
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For the initial display, from March 2017 to September 2017, my art was on elevators doors in Snell Library on campus—especially fun because I was working there at the time. I ran the 3D printing studio for six months as a co-op, which you can learn more about in my lasercutting background. Every day I climbed the stairs to the second floor, passing all four of my elevator doors on the way up.

After Snell, the doors continued on a few more rounds on campus, for 4 to 5 months at a time: Marino Athletic Center, the main gym; Egan Research Center; and the brand new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex.

It was a huge honor to have my art displayed around campus, and I hope that it brought joy to people, in however small a dose.