Artist Statement
My work focus’ on exploring the performativity of identity through the lens of self-portrait. It is at the cross section of sexuality, spirituality, and normative gendered structures that I wish to investigate the power dynamics that demarcate them in contemporary culture and art historical discourse. My own body serves as a site for investigation as I draw from personal symbols and symbols from my religious background to translate them into painting, performance, installation, video, and photography. What happens when I use my own female body to interpret my identity that is in a state of flux? And can I translate that into image? Overall my purpose is to produce images that speak to the poetry of my experience of the body as site for intersubjective relations between the sacred and profane.
Contact
I work in Edmonton, AB, Canada. Also I frequently travel to Leeds, UK. Any inquiries about booking photoshoots or purchasing art can be made by emailing: arieldurkin@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
