Statement:

My work centers around my cultural and queer identity. Growing up with two different cultural backgrounds and as a queer kid was tough, especially in the conservative white suburbs. The work I make represents my messy identity as someone who is disconnected from their cultures but still feels some sense of home in them. Recently, I’ve been getting more interested in impressionism and using that technique with more of a ‘modern’ subject matter.

Biography:

Mutt was evicted from their mom’s womb in May of 2005. They currently live in the suburbs of Chicago. They started to take art ‘seriously’ in their senior year of high school, where they would spend most of their time taking out art books at their local library. Currently, they attend Harper College while pursuing their associate’s degree in fine arts. At Harper College, they received the Mary Applegate Endowed Art scholarship twice, in the fall of 2023 and 2024. They also work at their college’s ceramics studio, where they make clay and glazes. Mutt cannot pick a favorite medium, as they can use anything they can get their hands on. However, the main mediums they use are oil paint, oil pastel, and charcoal.