Unseen and Underserved
Work Created during my Art Residency at the International Museum of Surgical Science 2023 - 2024
"Women's bodies have long been considered alien and other in the history of medicine. Event today, a woman's ownership over her body and what she can do to it and with it is being threatened. Women's bodies have long been controlled by outside institutions rooted in unscientific attitudes based on religion and morality.
Inspired by the collection at the museum, I have created illustrated montages of delicate and beautiful feminine motifs of flowers and patterns intermingled with drawings of medical tools and treatments performed on women and girls throughout history. My intension with this work was to create illustrations that possess both beauty and start honesty. At first glance, the images may resemble those found in vintage fairy tale books, but upon closer inspection, they reveal the truths and horrors of the history of medical care for women."