"I AM.."
EXHIBITION 

For my senior exhibition I decided to create magazine covers. I titled the collection "I AM…" with this, I wanted to create something that celebrates Black women and self-love. When starting my own journey to self-love, I got introduced to affirmations and since then it has played a significant role in my life. Affirmations are positive statements that can help you to challenge and overcome self-sabotaging and negative thoughts. When you repeat them often, and believe in them, you can start to make positive changes.  

I wanted my collection to resemble a magazine cover because with real magazines you open a magazine and there is more information within the pages, just like these beautiful models there is more to them than just what is on the meets the eye. I got part of my inspiration from a Toronto based digital artist named Nashid Chroma. After leaving architecture, he pursued his dream in digital pop art. I came across his work via Instagram where he took celebrities and created these powerful digital pieces with flowers around their eyes. The tension between human and object has always been his inspiration. This resonates to my exhibition in using flower crowns over the face and butterflies by visually representing the beauty from within and focusing on the beauty of their melanin skin as a reminder to always embrace it. While, using each person’s affirmation as their cover name.