Hometown: Cincinnati (Delhi Township)

Age: 36

Medium: I work in sculpture, photography, installation and performance.

Finest hour: Using a table saw my grandfather made in a performance piece at Semantics.

Day job: Graphic designer for the Public Library of Hamilton County

Secret ambition: To ... live as ferociously as I possibly can, to own my life, to tell stories.

What's next? "The Ashes" at the Weston Gallery Nov. 21.