Art Exploring the Manufactured Female Ideal
Like the mannequins that leer from shop windows — stiff, airbrushed cousins of Hans Bellmer’s unsettling dolls or the Surrealists’ fetishized muses — women’s bodies today are endlessly sculpted, filtered, and circulated as shimmering ideals on social media, in Femme Ersatz, the mannequin is no innocent stand-in: it exposes our complicity in a system that prizes plastic perfection over lived, imperfect reality.
Echoing Cindy Sherman’s subversive self-portraits and Barbara Kruger’s razor-sharp critiques of the male gaze, these images hold up a mirror to the insidious notion that a woman’s worth lies in being flawless, silent, and consumable. Beneath the glossy façade, a darker truth emerges: this fetish for the unattainable is not passive fantasy — it relentlessly erases the authentic, unruly female self.
Oceanview, numbered print (36"x36") - Conceptual piece examining the objectification of female identity.
Icon, numbered print w/goldleaf (27"x36") - Conceptual collage exploring societal expectations of women.
Snow white, numbered screen print (38'x26") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Transparent- numbered screen print (24"x36") - Digital piece exploring how women’s identity is shaped by media imagery.
It's complicated, numbered print (24"x36") - Conceptual piece examining the objectification of female identity..
Muse, screen print.(36"x36") - Series image reflecting the cultural construction of female beauty and value.
Going Nowhere New, numbered screen print (36"x36") - Digital composition critiquing plastic perfection and beauty standards.
Let's get Wet, numbered screen print (36"x36") - Digital composition critiquing plastic perfection and beauty standards.
Femme Ersatz, numbered Print (35"x36") - Image highlighting cultural obsession with flawless, consumable female imagery.
The Fridge, numbered screen print (36"x 36") - Mannequin-inspired digital collage reflecting the manufactured female ideal..
Bait, numbered screen print (36"x36") - Artwork critiquing societal pressures for perfection and silence.
Another Late Night, screen print.(36"x36") - Artwork revealing the erasure of authentic female selfhood.
My little secret, numbered print (36"x36") - Series image reflecting the cultural construction of female beauty and value.
Life is paint,, numbered print (24"x24") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
George, numbered print (24"x24") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
The Bride Stripped BareV1-print (36"x24") - Artwork referencing mannequins and surrealist critiques of femininity.
The Bride Stripped BareV2-print 36"x24" - Artwork highlighting the tension between glossy façades and authentic identity.
Static, screen print (36"x36") - Digital composition critiquing the effects of plastic perfection in social media.
Sleepwalk, numbered screen print (38"x48") - Artwork referencing mannequins and surrealist critiques of femininity.
Another Monday, print (13"x18") - Artwork revealing the erasure of authentic female selfhood.
Dark Matter. numbered screen print (13"x18") - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Model C, mixed media object - Conceptual sculpture exploring motherhood and societal expectations of women
Model B, mixed media object - Conceptual sculpture examining the objectification of female identity.
Model A, mixed media sculture - Conceptual art highlighting tension between idealized image and lived reality.
Study for Model B instillation - sculpture revealing the pervasive influence of social media in everyday life.
Study for Model A instillation -
Plasticity, numbered print (36"x36") - Artwork revealing the erasure of authentic female selfhood.
uber wait- screen print (36"x36") - Artwork critiquing societal pressures for perfection and isolation
Red Figure, mixed media on paper (40"x60") -exploring how motherhood and identity is shaped by media imagery.
Berlin Winter, acrylic on canvas (60x60")
Bump, acrylic on canvas (54"x64")
