2024

Saved (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazines, book pages, and gold leaf

In this collage, Cynthia Wood, once objectified in Playboy Magazine has been liberated from the male gaze. By re-contextualizing her image, she has become an empowered figure radiating confidence in her sexuality. In this new narrative, she is her own savior - a Christ-like figure reclaiming her agency. The repurposing of vintage materials also reflects my dual role as an archivist and artist: preserving the past while imagining it for a new perspective.

Holy Terrain (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

Inspired by FKA Twigs’ song of the same name, this collage explores the sacredness of women’s bodies. Like the earth, women’s bodies curve with the land and are capable of creating life. The moon, a symbol of emotion and nurturing in astrology, further underscores the divine connection between women and nature.

Man Enough (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages and iridescent card stock

This collage celebrates the full spectrum of the LGBTQ+ community. It calls for dismantling traditional masculinity, celebrates self-acceptance, and encourages rejecting conformity. Playful winks come in the form of repurposed text (from a Playboy Magazine deodorant ad) and the inclusion of violets and purple pansies - a nod to Pride colors and poking fun at stereotypical language. This piece is a reminder that being true to yourself, no matter your identity, is the manliest (or most fabulous) thing you can be.

I’m Every Woman, 1 (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled and woven magazine pages

This collage is part of a series exploring woven paper and women’s experiences. By weaving images of multiple women’s bodies into the primary subject, this collage symbolizes the interconnectedness of women’s experiences. It suggests that we are all composites of the women we’ve encountered - influenced by our mothers, sisters, friends, and lovers.

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I’m Every Woman, 2 (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled and woven magazine pages

This collage is part of a series exploring woven paper and women’s experiences. By weaving images of multiple women’s bodies into the primary subject, this collage symbolizes the interconnectedness of women’s experiences. It suggests that we are all composites of the women we’ve encountered - influenced by our mothers, sisters, friends, and lovers.

A Home of Her Own (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

This collage celebrates living life on one’s own terms and advocates for women escaping from societal constraints. The woman featured in the collage defies societal expectations by seeking solace (with her dog) in the cosmos and freeing herself from patriarchal dominance.

The Sailmaker (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages.

Loosely inspired by Joni Mitchell’s song “The Dawntreader,” this collage is a love letter to the ocean.

Built to Be Seen, Not Heard (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages and mirrored cardstock.

This collage criticizes the male gaze and the patriarchal belief to keep women quiet and pressure them into maintaining a certain beauty standard.

Let’s Get Involved (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

Secret Sanctuary (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled book pages.

This collage is a visual exploration of the sanctuaries we discover in nature and within ourselves, where solace and peace can be found. It also explores the elaborate and imaginative safe worlds we create in our minds as children

Taste This Offer (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine and book pages.

Flirty, fun, and cheeky, this collage celebrates women’s sexuality and encourages women to become more empowered and comfortable with their sexuality.

These Dreams (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

Inspired by the Heart song “These Dreams,” this collage is a visual exploration of the worlds we escape to when we dream. The sensual images featured in the background represent the main subject’s dreaming of lost or forbidden love - a love she can only visit while she’s sleeping.

You Are Your Own Voyeur (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

The title of this collage comes from the Margaret Atwood quote: “Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male

fantasies?…Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.“

This collage explores this quote, along with the structure of domestic life versus the freedom of nature. While the woman in the picture gazes at herself in a mirror in grayscale, the untamed beauty of nature appears around her in vibrant color, suggesting that a bright new world awaits her when she’s ready to free herself from patriarchal constraints.

Silent Lucidity (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled woven magazine pages

Named after the Queensrÿche song of the same name, this woven collage evokes the fluid and hallucinatory world of dreaming

In the Clouds (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

Dream (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages and woven iridescent card stock

Hit the Slopes (2024)

Upcycled magazine pages

This piece delves into the enigmatic terrain of female sexuality, suggesting that the intricate nature of a woman’s anatomy is similar to conquering a formidable peak. But with patience and determination, even the most daunting summits can be scaled!

Pothead (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine and book pages

I Enjoy Sex (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

How To Serve Men (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine and book pages

Inspired by famous paintings of Salome serving John the Baptist’s decapitated head on a platter and Artemisia Gentileschi’s graphic version of “Judith Slaying Holofernes,” this collage subverts the traditional concept of service and challenges the patriarchal narrative that women are subservient to men.

Made of Flesh and Blood (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages and printed digital images

This collage is inspired by Tracy Lord, Katherine Hepburn’s character in “The Philadelphia Story.” While the men in the movie view Tracy as a “goddess” or something unattainable, Tracy proclaims that she is a woman- a human “made of flesh and blood.”

Bed of Roses (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine and book pages

Secure (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages

Garden Gossip (2024)

Analog collage from upcycled book pages

This vibrant collage celebrates the bonds of female friendship, reclaiming the power of gossip – a practice once criminalized to silence women and suppress the spread of crucial information. It underscores how this seemingly casual exchange can not only be a source of joy and social connection but also a powerful tool for sharing essential knowledge and, at times, even saving lives.

Feminist Fantasy (2024)

Upcycled magazine pages

This collage features three women sunbathing and relaxing in the middle of a rose with the words “Feminist Fantasy” beneath them. This piece suggests that in a perfect, feminist-minded world (perhaps with no men in sight), women would experience pure bliss and enlightenment.