MELANESE REID IS A SELF TAUGHT MIXED MEDIA ARTIST EVALUATING THE “SELF” THROUGH THE INTERROGATION OF EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE AND INTERSECTIONALITY. USING VARIOUS MATERIALS SUCH AS ACRYLIC, CHARCOAL, AND PASTELS ON CANVAS AND BLACK PAPER, SHE CREATES FIGURES THAT EXPRESS DEEP EMOTION. WITHIN THOSE FIGURES ARE LINE MARKINGS DESCRIBED AS MAPS. THESE MAPS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF UNRESOLVED TRAUMAS PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION , I.E., LOST IDENTITIES, SELF-HATE, ABANDONMENT, SHAME, LOSS OF FEMININITY/FEMALE AGENCY. HER HOPE IS TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE AND EXPOUND UPON THE CONVERSATION OF INTERSECTIONALITY.
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