I began to make self-portraits that were layered and abstracted to obfuscate my physical presence. The act of concealment was both addressing cultural constructions of identity and a necessary process of self-examination for me. Making Veils began with my own photographic capturing of veils and fabrics – and my concealed self. I used my photographs as the image source, which I manipulated and layered in Photoshop to create highly abstracted “self-portraits”. Veils is the bringing together of my investigations of personal identity, geographic displacement, and cultural memory.
Veils 0895, dye sublimation print on aluminum
Veils 8402, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 30" x 80" (72 x 203 cm), 2019.
Veil 9153, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 36" x 72" (91 x 183 cm), 2019.
Veil 4021, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 39" x 60" (89 x 152 cm), 2016.
Veil 4025, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 32" x 60" (81 x 152 cm), 2014.
Veil 2908, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 32" x 72" (81 x 183 cm), 2019.
Veil 9992, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 40" x 40" (102 x 102 cm), 2014.