His work examines personal identity through various depictions of life experience both past and present. These convoluted ideas are shaped through his Pacific Island/Western upbringing infusing dreams, story telling, chants, and rituals, including various genres of American pop culture, folk traditions, and domestic life. Art making is a process of re-collecting. His work attempts to bridge the gap between past and present through series of identity-based concepts.
2007, Master of Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI