The Tenderness of Being Known

  The Tenderness of Being Known is a wood carved life-size boy figure with a blue flower head that operates as a touch-responsive light. This work explores intimacy as something that emerges through interaction rather than observation.
The interaction is simple and quiet, requiring the viewer to come close and engage gently. Through this gesture, the work frames touch as a form of communication, where presence and attention shape the experience. The figure remains still, while the responsive element shifts with each encounter.
By combining tactile materials with subtle technological systems, the piece creates a space where connection unfolds through action. Being “known” is not presented as a fixed condition, but as something that is activated through repeated moments of contact.

📖:
 ▫️ NY1/Spectrum News — "Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Reopens 8 Months After Fire" (June 1, 2026)
 ▫️ Brooklyn Paper — "BWAC Grapples with Loss and New Beginnings in New Exhibit, 'Unmoored/Unbound'"(May 21, 2026)
 ▫️ The Wave (Rockawave) — “Out of the Ashes, Into the Light” (May 8, 2026)
 ▫️ Brooklyn Daily Eagle — “BWAC returns with its first in-person exhibition since fire at Beard and Robinson Warehouse Stores” (May 7, 2026)
 ▫️ BKReader — “From Ashes to Light, Brooklyn Arts Group Rebounds After a Fire” (May 6, 2026)

🖼️:
 ▫️ Unmoored/Unbound, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition)(2026)
 ▫️ The Art Students League of New York Annual Student Art Show, Phyllis Harrison Mason Gallery, New York, NY (2026)