Hidden Demons of Anxiety- Mask 2 Distraught
14 x 11 x 0.5 in (h x w x d)
Ink pen, Digital Coloring
not for sale

Private Collection

My early childhood heavily influences my artwork; I lived in Tokyo, Japan, between the ages of 4 and 6. Living in a majority Buddhist society while being born into a family practicing Japanese Buddhism caused my artwork to be heavily influenced by spirituality, Japanese mythology/yokai, and Buddhist philosophy. Ink pens combined with digital art are my primary medium. After returning from Japan to New England, the reverse culture shock was severe. I was always the odd one out. Being one of the only Black girls in an all-white school, especially a Black girl who was part of a religious minority, made it so my only reliable friend was art.
I decided to take on comic art and character design based on Japanese folklore and yokai I was exposed to in Tokyo. At age 13, I became homeschooled online due to severe racial trauma and bullying due to living in a majority white community.
As I slowly learned about my invisible illnesses - low cortisol, racial trauma, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), PTSD, and agoraphobia, my experiences with trauma and racism slowly seeped into my work. My GAD diagnosis at age 17 finally pushed me to blatantly express my experiences, which led to my mental health/anxiety disorder comic, "Emo Bunny: Anxiety Monster," and my mental health series, "Hidden Demons of Anxiety." I incorporated my childhood fascination with Japanese demons and monsters into these projects as a way to express how terrifying and isolating it is to live with GAD and trauma.

Exhibited by:

Unbound Visual Arts

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(Video) Art & Mind: Reflections of Women, Femmes and Our Mental Health During COVID , 2021
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14 x 11 x 0.5 in (h x w x d)
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USD
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