Caesura—

a pause between words in a line of poetry; a rest-stop that gathers what has been said and prepares for what is yet to come.

This project is an extension of that space; it is where I’ve found myself as an artist, in the nepantla between one word and another. The exhibit features experimental self-portraiture, photography, poetry, paintings, and a live exhibit of calligraphy on skin. It showcases an autobiographical line of work on trauma & childhood, culture & tradition. In this project, the female body is the canvas that carries the story.

Together, the art featured in “caesura” is a collection of confessional work that captures the world of a woman who has been raised in an environment of shame, secrecy, lovelessness, and loneliness. She comes from a world that has severed her in two, with one half of her caught in an endless, exhausting war against the other. In essence, this project not only attempts to communicate the trauma that took place within one woman’s life, but, more importantly, it seeks to understand the lingering, unyielding, unconscious effect it has on her today.

exhibited at Women for Women International & Homme — Washington, DC