This project has been supported by the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, OVAC Grants Program, and Connecticut Artist Fellowship Grant. photos: shelby head
Am I That Name? explores the complex and fluid nature of gender and identity within an often discriminatory, binary world. This body of work is a research-based visual diary into Queer theory and the multiplicity of self/selves. The work challenges the normative hierarchical power structures of gender and sexuality through pictogram-inspired figurative constructions and the queer use of everyday materials, including industrial equipment, hardware, stage sets, and decorative wallpaper.
Sculpture, found objects, video, and works on paper shift with the subject of Queer identity, weaving together personal narrative and emotional resonance. The series seeks to educate rather than define, proposing new ways of thinking about sex, gender, and social constructs. At its core, it offers the understanding that Queer is a fundamental part of being.