Togetherness. Intimacy. Longing. Friendships. Dynamics. I am deeply fascinated by relationships and interaction; how we talk, act, and think alongside one another. Why we do the things we do together and why we keep doing them. Curious at best, nosy at worst. My practice is rooted in the tender nuances of human connection, with the body as a central motif. I pick apart bits and pieces from my own life— motivated by the notion that the only perspective I can authentically depict is my own.
I derive my own queerness into facets of my work, but it is not the forefront. The role queerness plays in my life is similar in the way gravity makes the apple fall: it just is. It is not something that is actively thought about, but makes itself prevalent and known when needed. Queer bodies are depicted as alive, thriving, and entangled in the mundane— not as something to be prodded and analyzed, but organically engaged in. I resist constraining my work to specific frameworks of identity and rather root my practice in lived experiences.
Liz is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. She graduated with a BFA in Studio Art at New York University. She curated her first exhibition Pansy Debutantes under the Lavanda Collective— a collective centered on queer artists. Liz’s work has been showcased at the Brick Aux, St. Agnes Church in Berlin, the Gracie Mansion, and department exhibitions held at NYU.