Digital Collage / Archival Pigment Print on Paper

As an LGBTQIA+ visual artist and educator, I use self-portraiture to create images that blend digital media and traditional analog technologies to construct images that delve into a wide array of themes, such as current events, gender dynamics, political discourse, and the complexities of identity. My current creative interests lie in exploring AI technologies and their potential as a collaborative tool for artistic production. Can a balance be created between the maker and the machine?

The self-portrait collages submitted blend photographic imagery, appropriated images, and mundane objects created by Photoshop's AI-generated selection tool. This deliberate combination of digital elements evokes the grotesque and uncanny, offering the viewer a surreal perspective on the self-portrait genre that is simultaneously unfamiliar and familiar, engaging them in a new way of seeing.