Her Body examines the female body as both a physical and metaphorical space of creation. Based on my thesis show A Room of Her Own (November 1997, Cal State Long Beach), whose title draws inspiration from Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, this theme has continued as an ongoing focus in my practice.
The exhibition frames works within “rooms,” each evoking aspects of the body in motion and its creative potential. Pieces such as Effacement, Confinement, and Poom (With Open Arms) explore the woman’s body not as a site of limitation but as a source of vitality, nurture, and imagination. The room becomes a metaphorical womb — a space where life, creativity, and a woman’s voice can emerge freely.
I work with humble, domestic materials — fabric, thread, wool, and paper — transforming tasks traditionally associated with women into acts of artistic and spiritual assertion. Stitching, wrapping, and binding become both compositional devices and meditative practices, echoing the rhythm of birth or the patient creation of a cocoon. The interwoven threads trace veins, scars, and gestures, turning repetitive labor into a source of healing, renewal, and joy, asserting the woman’s right to claim her space and creativity.
Through Her Body, I honor the generative power of women’s hands, histories, and voices, showing how the body and domestic acts can embody creativity, resilience, and sacred potential.
(Each body, 6″ x3″ x 3″)
