self preservation
FEBRUARY 2017 SOLO EXHIBITION
THE BURLINGTON / CHICAGO ILLINOIS
These figures emerge from a long practice of drawing myself, but they are not portraits in the traditional sense. Over time, repetition made the act familiar enough to loosen its rules. What began as self portraiture shifted into a space of invention, where alter egos could form.
Each figure holds parts of different moments, moods, and identities. Past, present, and imagined selves blend together through distortion and pattern. The faces change, but something steady remains. In that tension, the work becomes less about resemblance and more about recognizing how identity stays fluid while still feeling continuous.
(not all work shown below)
