Insecurity is Currency
My work focuses around the dysmorphic and warped body image many women have unconsciously developed due to constant exposure to manipulative advertising campaigns, social media influencers and the toxic world of diet-culture. Using an array of mixed media approaches, including still life photography, collage work and graphic design, I deconstructed digital and physical advertisements from fashion magazines and social media posts and reconstructed them. Creating handmade sculptures and visuals that represent and convey the traumatic impact these unrealistic beauty standards have had on generations of women and how the billion dollar beauty industry continues to profit immensely off our insecurities
