MMIW: Break the Chain
Embroidery, 2020
MMIW: Break the Chain showcases indigenous resistance to violence through morphing my Winnebago tribe’s appliqué patterns and elder stories. Mirrored images using four colors represent women, death, violence and hope. The chain links are many, with red and blue hands silencing these all-too-many missing sisters; except for one link which is broken, open and unsuppressed. The profiles shape shift and women become eagles, their bodies and souls uplifted and totally free from violence.
26” x 35”
$1,900