Some Women, 2022
For this series of editioned photographs, I used images of women convicted of violent crimes to construct a suite of sewn sculptures, then arranged the figures and photographed them as portraits. The transformation of source image to sculpture to photograph produces an ambiguous space that complicates the relationship between object and image, mimicking the process by which history creates archetypes from individuals. The titles are drawn from gospel songs that epitomize themes of transgression, damnation, and redemption, while the face of each figure has been collaged from images of different women—thereby functioning not as a portrait of any specific individual, but rather as a reflection of the gendered narratives such images are meant to carry. Dramatically lit and arranged into conspicuously strange poses, the figures operate as avatars of society’s fascinated repulsion for women who have violated cultural norms of “feminine” behavior through violence. This project was supported by a 2021 grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
Mercy is Greater, 2022; archival pigment print, 36 × 24.5 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Heart that Burns, 2022 archival pigment print 19 × 13 in. framed Ed. 3 + 1AP
And Daughters, 2022; archival pigment print, 34 × 23 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
What You Were Called, 2022; archival pigment print, 26.75 × 18 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Collection of the Portland Art Museum.
Song for Mama, 2022; archival pigment print, 18 × 12.25 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Collection of Christopher Rauschenberg.
When Morning Comes, 2022; archival pigment print, 34 × 23 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Walk Alone, 2022; archival pigment print, 24 × 16.75 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Salt and Light, 2022; archival pigment print, 31 × 21 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Everything That Has Breath, 2022; archival pigment print, 12 × 8.25 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Turn Your Sorrows, 2022; archival pigment print, 31 × 21 in. framed. Ed. 3 + 1AP.
Collection of the Portland Art Museum.
Some Women, 2022; installation view at Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
Some Women, 2022; installation view at Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
Some Women, 2022; installation view at Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon.