YOU ARE NOT WHO YOU ONCE WERE features photography, painting, sculptures, videos, and installations created by the artist over the past 15 years of his career as a visual creator.

This expansive retrospective installation includes the exterior facade of a house, complete with a window and a door by which the viewer enters into a temporary home, complete with a bed, bathroom, living room, and dining room. Hundreds if not thousands of images are presented in an overwhelming display of volume.

With plenty of seating to sit and relax, each visitor has ample time to respond to the bountiful visual array.

“This is an intense show title,” I think to myself as I hand-cut each letter out of the sizeable eight-by-twelve-foot photograph printed on vinyl.

Each letter is left partially attached, the remnants draping over the front of the piece, leaving behind empty letter-shaped voids exposing the white gallery wall, colorfully backlit in subtle hues.

At first, one may think this show title is a pejorative statement, perhaps directed at a friend, lover, or family member - lamenting how they have changed and are no longer the person they used to be. Conversely, this statement is self-directed and acknowledges personal evolution and growth - a requiem for a former version of myself.