All Eyes On: Aubrey Davis

This body of work I am using as rejection exposure therapy, working to curate a space that I can be one hundred precent myself without shame. As someone who struggles being seen or finding my place in patriarchal society post divorce, I have pushed through silent battles to find purpose in creating. I makes work for those who are exhausted by getting out of bed some days, who are overwhelmed by imposter syndrome, and for those with debilitating anxieties that have kept them from fulfilling their full potential. My artwork reflects the suffocating stigmas we place on ourselves when we need grace the most, representing artists who rarely have the mental capacity for gallery networking, and hand-shaking without sweating. I utilizes the often overlooked medium of velvet painting, combined with self-portraiture as response to deep internalized fear of perception and rejection. There is power in resilience, choosing to run to the storm instead of letting it chase you, I no longer runs from myself in fear of the emotions self-portraiture may stir. 

Dali Body Sculpture, Feb-May 2022
Using bust form, mesh wire, paper clay, bubble wrap, painters tape, plaster, acrylic paint, rhinestones, 43” x 36”

Dali Body Sculpture (Back Details), 2022
Lungs made from same materials. 

Dali Body, Velvet no. 9, March 2022
Acrylic paint on blue velvet, wooden board and Mirrored Face, 20” x 48”