Ever since I was a child, I have always had the instinct to create and craft things with my hands. If I had a piece of paper in front of me, I had to start fiddling with it and make something. When I was 7 years old, I decided to buy a “How to Draw Manga” book. I spent years teaching myself how to draw cartoons and anime characters. By middle school, I was mature enough to sketch my own creative ideas that weren’t copied from a book or the internet. Throughout high school, I have significantly matured as an artist and have come to many realizations about what sparks my creativity and what interests me. When I have an issue or idea that I want to communicate to an audience, I always turn to art as a medium to do so. I have learned that having art as a skill is more than just drawing a well-detailed face and admiring it; art possesses the power to influence and teach crowds of people. 

 

Most recently, I have used the power of art to convey the toxicity and darkness of today’s outrageous body ideals and the effect that they have on women. I’ve found that self-deprecating comments about one’s beauty contributes immensely to the damage of self-confidence and one’s perception of their own beauty. Body and beauty expectations can create very toxic mindsets and can subject many young girls to terrible cycles of hate that sit very deeply in the mind. My goal is to communicate the darkness of this subject and evoke an understanding of the destructive standards that society has enforced by making the viewers feel the desperation and dissatisfaction of one struggling to accept their body through my color choice and gruesome figures.

 

Next fall, I will be attending Fordham University Lincoln Center as a Visual Arts major and Marketing minor. I’m hoping to make some great connections in New York City, and hopefully find a way to stick around there post-graduation. I also hope that I continue to grow as an artist and follow my dream in the art world.

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