Jessie Brendemuhl
Luz Pacheco
Neya Salazar
Paige Daniel
Saskia Jorda
Stephanie Guillermina Castro
Summer Young
Susan Allred
Willbliss Kim
Artists
Alejandra Pablos
Amanda Mollindo
Angelica Willis Smith
Ann Morton
Anna Claire Hafner
Brandi Read
Caitlyn Swift
DiAn
Fatema Abizar
Isabella Canzano Delgado
Location: Modified Arts 407 E Roosevelt St. Phoenix, AZ, 85004
July 15 - August 13, 2022
Curation by Melissa Koury with support by Arizona based organizers Alejandra Pablos and Willbliss
Modified Arts presents Autonomy, a 20+ artists community survey of expression celebrating autonomy. Arizona based organizers, first time exhibiting artists, and renowned artists are all included.
Autonomy: The capacity to adequately self-govern one’s own beliefs and actions.
The goal of this show is to provide space for a multitude of voices in the Arizona based artist community as they share their relationship to autonomy within their own experiences. This may look like overcoming superficial taboos, making decisions for economic and health security, expressing sexual pleasure, freedom of reproductive choice, pride in identity, right to privacy, etc.
Experiences show that the battle for autonomy is both shared and unique. These artists are shared in their breaking of social expectations but are unique in the external factors that can oppress their autonomy such as access to wealth, immigration status, and cultural and religious upbringing. Though we may have varying external factors affecting our self-determination, solidarity can be built in the commonality of oppressed autonomies.
Post Exhibition Curatorial Notes
It all begins with an idea.
Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Maybe you want to launch a business.