Transmedia Artist

Struck by the lack of monuments that exist to memorialize strong and powerful women, I decided to remedy this injustice for my thesis exhibition by creating a work of art to memorialize fabulous women. Visually, I was inspired by the Lincoln Catafalque, still used in the U.S. Capitol to honor fallen dignitaries. According to my research, it has never been used to honor a woman. Typically sarcophagi are made using stone, but by using metal I am seeking to illustrate a more porous boundary between life and death. The work is existential in that way, especially as it pertains to my experience as a woman living in a society of pervasive male bias. Sometimes I wonder if I'm even alive.