![I.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3b4d1487-5e18-4d96-97d9-3ac41d105797/bbd19ea7-6a78-49f0-b734-bc0e9682b2fd_rw_1920.png?h=cb27b72e5a3dbf68aee9950ba300b499)
I.
![II.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3b4d1487-5e18-4d96-97d9-3ac41d105797/eb7a25fb-45a1-4093-942f-463b0ed36e4f_rw_1920.png?h=29bbbf37af4f7f17aa868b398d31cd56)
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![III.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3b4d1487-5e18-4d96-97d9-3ac41d105797/da49f405-7061-4d54-8c52-229bdf849643_rw_1920.png?h=74b908704ae5d8ef7a721de847de66e1)
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![IV.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3b4d1487-5e18-4d96-97d9-3ac41d105797/9c91a0fc-a9b9-4311-9cfb-a87e55c203dd_rw_1920.png?h=8662e36bd02e671806522e8bc4e5c12a)
IV.
![V.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3b4d1487-5e18-4d96-97d9-3ac41d105797/5005f4e2-fba1-4eac-a495-44f145899132_rw_3840.png?h=06c690e029a9d4e4e298b553ed2899b0)
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![VI.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3b4d1487-5e18-4d96-97d9-3ac41d105797/1e23df5d-3bce-4469-a4c6-b4b6d663736b_rw_3840.png?h=d9a79b711710f8d422c102d27eaf479d)
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So much of the media that is seen surrounding the bodies of transgender women is within a pornographic setting. The fetishization of trans women is inescapable. When I embarked on this journey, I had a simple vision— to display the nude, trans-feminine body outside of pornography. But the piece became so much more than this, particularly with panels V-VI. Although I’m rejecting my body as a sexual object, I still wish to embrace my sexuality. Sexuality does not need to be perverted, and I wish to celebrate my own experiences. I hope that through my art, a viewer— especially one who has not seen the nude trans-fem body in this context— can walk away with a new perspective.
TOPLESS EXHIBITION HISTORY
2023 // Birthed in the Bathhouse, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA