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Artist Statement:
I create large scale figure
paintings of queer-identified
women and transgenders,
particularly those who have
become mainstream,
depoliticized and assimilated
into a commodity. In order to
meet the needs of their social
environment, they modify their
bodies and take on various
permutations of androgyny and
femininity in order to become
palatable to both sexes. One
aspect of my most recent work
I consider significant to my
artistic practice is my use of
artificial flowers.
Generally speaking, flowers in
fine art raise more questions
than they answer. Though their
visual appeal is
straightforward, the
interpretation of their
bewildering array of meaning
is complicated, and often
contradictory. The flower can
function as a vehicle for
contemplating concepts of sex,
decay, gender politics, our
environment, decadence,
ceremony, and the mutability
of life, love and death. Since
flowers are the sexual
expression of a plant, they
can function as a subtle
vernacular to portray the
layers and complexities of
sexuality that I deal with in
my work.
I use primarily
recycled/rescued silk flowers
that each have a history of
their own to build an iconic
arrangement upon which the
viewer can cast their own
interpretations. However I do
not deny my own ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2009
Recesselation, SPOKE Gallery,
Chicago, IL
Spring BFA Exhibition,
Sullivan Galleries, Chicago,
IL
2008
Naestved International
Exhibition of Contemporary
Mini Square Prints, Naestved
Roennebaeksholm Art & Culture
Center, Denmark (permanent
collection)
Black Moon Lilith, CB:AG,
Phoenix, Arizona (solo)
Black Moon Lilith, Einstein
Bros. Bagels, Tempe, Az (solo)
2007
Coup de ...
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Collections:
Naestved Roennebaeksholm Art &
Culture Center Permanent
Collection, Denmark
Printmaking Student
Association collection,
Arizona State University ...
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Commissions:
Ashton Dykert, commissioned
painting
Elena
Sarn, commissioned painting
On the “By the Wayside”
album/CD label.
Commissioned for mural in New
York, New York.
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