Ru Lyons
Instagram: @rubb3rtree
Website: https://rulyons.cargo.site
Statement: The concept of “biological reality” is frequently misrepresented in conservative propaganda to delegitimize transgender identities. As a transgender painter with a background in the natural sciences, I am interested in exploring notions of biological reality in my work. I paint in layers, letting parts of the underpainting and earlier iterations of my compositions show through. Using this obstruction method, I paint seemingly unremarkable organisms and present them as windows or portals to queer self-realization; Or, more specifically, conduits for epiphanies about the joy, sadness, and laughing-crying absurdity of being transgender in this current political moment.
