This body of work is a sentiment to trans* resilience, and personal healing. Unlocking Hope spans a decade of self-portraiture, personal video archive, diary entries, musings, and original poetry and lyrics. I have used these expressive processes to both explore and express my relationship to my corporeal, emotionality, and innate sense of self, as a queer, non-binary trans* individual throughout my coming of age.
Using these contemporary modalities and creative mediums, I welcome the viewer to intimately, emotionally, psychologically, and physically connect with my intimate journey. “Unlocking Hope,” forges a path to compassion, from myself, to the onlooker; deeply revealing, and uncovering the ways in which I have processed, and re-defined my life on the path to healing, with the willingness to see, and accept myself as I am.
*Please note: Only a selection of photographs from this body of work are shared below.
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UNLOCKING HOPE debuted at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design from October 23-December 1, 2023.
You Are Not Your Body, 2016
I Wish I Wrote Love Letters To Myself, 2016
Self-Portrait, Feeling Small, 2017
Self-Portrait in my Bathroom, 2017
Self-Portrait, Triptych, Four Days Before Top-Surgery, 2017
Self-Portrait After Top-Surgery, 2017
Bandage Impressions, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, Triptych, 2017
Testosterone & Syringes on my Bed, 2017
Self-Portrait in my Aunt's Yard, 2017/2020
Getting Dressed in my Room, 2017
Healed Chest, Two Years Post-Op, 2019
Self-Portrait, Brave Body, Triptych, 2020
Self-Portrait, Brave Body, 2020
Self-Portrait, Hand over Heart, 2021
Self-Portrait in my Grandparent's Apartment, 2022
When I Feel Like Letting Go, 2022 (Remaster)
Testosterone Still Life, 2022
Homecoming, Diptych, 2023