ME NOT exhibited at The Rymer Gallery (solo show) Nashville, The Center on Halsted (solo show), Chicago, Central Michigan University, The San Diego Art Institute, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, TX, Indianapolis Art Center, and Nicolet college, Rhinelander, WI. The solo exhibitions included a series of drawings, digital paintings, and video (“ME NOT” and “Flower Women”). ME NOT explores gender fluidity and my struggle to understand the essence of identity, both as a female and a parent. My personal journey parenting a non-binary child activated the project.
The video “ME NOT” references the child ritual of plucking petals while reciting “he loves me, he loves me not”, but “Me Not” is not playful. The video references gender non-conformity, violence against women (cis and trans), and resistance to cultural constructs of gender. In “Flower Women” 30 participants (both cis and trans) choose a flower symbol they relate to and communicate its meaning solely through gestures, letting their bodies, which are normally read and judged, control the dialogue.
To view the drawings check out Cactus, flower, fuck-off, love, roses drawings
To view “Flower Women” check out Cactus, flower, fuck-off, love, roses videos
To view “ME NOT” check out Me Not
Below is a documentation of exhibitions at The Rymer Gallery and Central Michigan University..
"Me Not", solo exhibition The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2015
