Drawing on my background as a writer and storyteller, I create personal, narrative, and satirical work that leans into my persistent anxiety about mortality, exploring the human condition, gender roles, intergenerational impact, and resilience.​ In my sculpture and installation practice I primarily work in assemblage, creating handmade forms presented alongside vintage found objects, including mannequin parts, garments, and domestic materials, particularly items from my childhood and those passed down from my parents and grandparents, held onto by my mother throughout her life. My work often includes a performance or interdisciplinary element.​

In my painting practice I have moved overtime between figuration and abstraction, from visceral expressiveness to illustrative, flat, and contained compositions. My paintings combine simplified forms and distorted bodies with graphic black linework, geometric shapes, and surreal elements. I sign my work Dagu, the name I gave myself as a child, to honor my intuitive process and the value of childlike exploration.

- Jasmine McGlade