
I am an interdisciplinary artist who uses accessible materials as a way to break down the barriers between the art world and people. Art is about emotions; this is how I see my place in making art. I want to create a means for people to see that art can be made with everyday materials and that art is not just for the upper-class. Art should be for the people.
Art for me is about catharsis. Using the human body as a medium to redefine my relationship to myself and to my health problems.
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I create art that expresses emotion. In my work I explore themes of decay, identity, and ableism within our society.
I use abjection in my work, it comes from Julia Kristivia. It is the process of arriving at what you find disgusting and being repulsed by it.
I see decay and abjection as a way to explore the human body. With abjection, by using disgust I explore how people see the disabled body and how it is othered in our society.
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In society people see something disgusting and turn away but we must engage with what we do not understand and make art.