He/they
@genrenonmerci
CJ (he/they) is a queer trans non-binary artist whose artworks focus on organic shapes and textures.
They seek to de-gender embroidery, whilst honouring its perception as feminine work.
He uses mostly second-hand materials to depict nature and abstracted depictions of the body. They center queer trans kinship and lived experiences. Their work has been exhibited at Brunswick Street Gallery, the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre and forty-five downstairs gallery, as well as being published in journals such as Baby Teeth and Antithesis. They aim to challenge our perceptions of bodies in a cis-heteronormative patriarchal world.
CJ graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Gender Studies and French at the University of Melbourne.
He lives and creates on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country.
