I am a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and writer. I was born and raised in New Orleans, LA and currently live in upstate NY in the Catskill Mountains. I received my BFA with a concentration in painting from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and have been creating art and music since I was 4 years old.
I produce experimental devotional music as ek-stasis (formerly as knifesex) and released my first solo EP, Deipna, in January of 2017 and my first full-length album, dedicated to the goddess Babalon, in November of 2017. I released my first published work, Saint Raphael The Archangel, a pamphlet I co-authored with Alexander Cummins in July of 2018 through Hadean Press. I also released a collaborative musical piece with Alexander Cummins, a ritual invocation to Mars, in December 2018. I released the chapbook Ecstasy: A Devotional Guide to the Female Mystics, in July of 2022 through Hadean Press. In 2023 I became a self-taught metalsmith and launched my online store, Sword + Scythe where I create handmade magical amulets, astrological talismans, and spirit-led adornments. In 2024 I formed the musical project House13 with my partner and we produced the original score to the film, The Woods. In May of 2024 I released the EP to hydra, dedicated to the constellation.
My artistic and magical praxis weaves together numerous threads of astrological and talismanic magic, magical herbalism, mysticism, and the study and crafting of amulets and magical objects with a focus on artistry as well as historical, folkloric, and practical applications. I have studied astrology with Christopher Warnock, Judith Hill, and Bernadette Brady, among many others, and am indebted to their scholarship. I am also an initiated priest of Oshosi in the Lucumi Orisha tradition apprenticed to elders within the afro-diasporic community.