Richard Pryor was badly burned and John Lennon was shot. This was the year I was born. I make Art that can amuse and or irritate notions in all of us. I record scenes, people and wordplay then translate them into pictorials or sculptures. I attended art + design school in the nation's irritatingly amusing capitol. I continue to produce artwork and remain critical on a daily basis. Observing and reacting is what I know.

- Nilay Lawson, 2006