Artist Statement
I discovered something in my life at age 14: to be woman is to fear. This motif manifested in my art, beginning in the form of a series of “truisms” I attached to my vehicle from ages 16-18. This show is about women and pain. Suffering in a medical context is a fairly new addition to my life. Suffering in a medical context as a woman has historically been dismissed and looked over; one recognizable form is in the history of breast cancer. Through this show, I hope to bring to light some of the silent pain women have had to carry for centuries.