2022 Studio Art Minor Thesis Project, Boston
Senior Thesis
This series is an exploration of self and identity in the midst of change and early adulthood. It grapples with the notion that our “masks” or “personas” are ever changing, boundless and fluid. Through the layering and blurring of oil paint on canvas, my works both conceal and reveal the human face, depicting it as untethered and elusive.
The faces are both there and not there, melting into the contexts around them and taking on a new form. I am fascinated with the notion of identity and how it is morphed and reshaped by our environments, and I encourage viewers to consider identity just as such: unbounded, forever in flux and never entirely grounded.
