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the slippery notion of self
Self-portraiture has been an essential touchstone for me. I use it to locate who I remember myself to be, and witness how I adapt to new circumstances and "lives" by twisting this concept of who I "am" into them. I am reminded that even who I believe myself to be distorts and changes over time. These are images cobbled together by an artist trying to identify her own notion of self in a moment.
Because I use my own nude body as my primary medium, my work often pulls me into engaging with the objectification and censorship of the nude. Many of these images have garnered misunderstanding, body-shaming, and sexualization, all of which steps the work into a contemporary dialogue on why we approach the nude skeptically and with embarrassment. The censorship that continues to happen to my work and work like mine is sexist and biased, and serves to silence and shame female artists. While my work is made out of a different intention, it participates in this fight willingly.
