Sisterhood
Sisterhood explores the paradoxical freedom of the convent, charting a visual evolution where women move from navigating the rules of others to rewriting them entirely.
Sisterhood explores the figure of the nun as a site of tension, transformation, and reclamation. Historically, the convent offered women a paradoxical position: a life governed by patriarchal authority, yet one that provided a degree of independence and education otherwise out of reach. Within this contradiction, the nun becomes a compelling lens through which to examine how women have navigated, resisted, and ultimately redefined the roles imposed upon them.
The series follows a trajectory of growth that is both collective and personal. Each work marks a distinct moment of self-realization, tracing an evolving engagement with feminist thought and a sharpening sense of identity. What begins as gestures of subtle defiance—quiet moments of self-assertion—gradually becomes more assured and confrontational. This progression culminates in Matriarch of the West, where the figure no longer exists within the system but stands at its head—no longer subject to its rules, but rewriting them entirely.
Across these colored pencil and ink drawings, women are recast as self-possessed figures who challenge the expectations historically assigned to them. They occupy the space between devotion and defiance—whether raising a plastic cup in a gesture of irreverent independence or holding the serpent of knowledge with quiet authority. Recurring symbols—serpents, red lacquered nails, and reworked religious iconography—function as a visual shorthand for these broader cultural tensions.
Ultimately, Sisterhood presents rebellion not as a sudden rupture, but as a steady, cumulative shift. What emerges is a process through which authority is no longer something granted by others, but something fully claimed.