Art
“Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I’ve told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.”
-Janet Fitch
Sassafras is an international award winning visual artist whose work has been shown as part of conferences and galleries across the United States as well as the United Kingdom. The following pieces are a selection of that work.
“San Francisco Find”
2007 Southern Comfort
2008 Trans/Giving
2009 Birmingham SHOUT Festival
“Injecting Femme”
has been part of gallery showings at the following locations:
Genderqueer/Queergenders, gallery at University California Santa Barbara February 11-13 2005,
The Fresh Meat in the Gallery, San Francisco June 2-July 6 2007,
Southern Comfort 2007
2008 Trans/Giving
“Off Leash”
Displayed in The 100th Monkey Studio’s “The Human/Animal Bond” gallery showing in Portland Oregon as a Benefit for Dove Lewis November-December 2007
click to view full size images of each of the 5 pieces in this series as well as the artistic statement.
“DYKE vs. FTM”
sculpture displayed at In Other Words Feminist Books and Resources in Portland Oregon
“Bathroom Avenger”
Genderqueer/Queergenders, gallery at University California Santa Barbara February 11-13 2005,
Southern Comfort 2007
“Hidden Femme”
Genderqueer/Queergenders, gallery at University California Santa Barbara February 11-13 2005
Southern Comfort 2007
2008 Trans/Giving
“Who Are You?”
Genderqueer/Queergenders, gallery at University California Santa Barbara February 11-13 2005
“Queered Domesticity”
“Keys to the Master’s House”
“Devotion”
Devotion was part of the 2008 GLAAD Out Auction in NYC!
“The role of the artist is to make revolution irresistible.”
-Unkown