Riya Bhardwaj
Statement
Being a plus size person all my life I felt like I had to look a certain way to fit in. The curves were to look a certain way and hair on my body was to be removed to be more attractive. There comes a freedom with being comfortable in your body and choosing to groom it for yourself and no one else. Through multimedia work I try to highlight the "imperfections" of a body, making them the center of my work and exaggerating them. I use fabric as a medium to recreate the feeling of a bodily structure. My work explores the ideas of gender and gender roles. Being a woman comes with a lot of expectations of the society and if not fulfilled, it's looked down upon. My work tries to break these norms and normalize not being able to fulfill these expectations. Using hair as a material in my work helps me portray that having hair on certain parts of the body should be embraced and not be a basis to determine gender.
General Fine Arts (BFA) Students
Abigail Tanner - not exhibiting
Achmad O'Brien - not exhibiting
Ashley Lora - not exhibiting
Dawn Dong Ju Lee - not exhibiting
Debbie St. Angel - not exhibiting
Estefanie Nicole Arrue - not exhibiting
Gracein Hoyle - not exhibiting
Hee Kyung Kim - not exhibiting
James Balo - not exhibiting
Ji Won Lee - not exhibiting
Kaden Montanaro - not exhibiting
Kian Keillor - not exhibiting
Leanne Lin - not exhibiting
Liam Elijah de Freese - not exhibiting
Lucas Rae Warden - not exhibiting
Lydia Chun Xi Rothkopf - not exhibiting
Marcelle Philosophe - not exhibiting
Matthew Joseph Crowe - not exhibiting
Maya Lawrence - not exhibiting
Melissa Judith Santos - not exhibiting
Melody Huang - not exhibiting
Mingming Sun - not exhibiting
Mingxi Li - not exhibiting
Niki Stebbins - not exhibiting
Nyasha Farmer - not exhibiting
Qi Ni - not exhibiting
Siyu Chen - not exhibiting
Spencer Beals - not exhibiting
Sydney O. Naradzay - not exhibiting
Taylor Nachea Wilson - not exhibiting
Zachary Greek - not exhibiting
Ziqi Liu - not exhibiting