2020
366 drawings
A visual diary that became a record of the first year of the pandemic.
See SELF 2020Project SELF
A self-portrait a day, across four decades
Even from my earliest days of learning to draw I love the challenge of self-portraits. Each one comes out differently: what do I actually look like in a given moment? I’m constantly surprised by who I see in the mirror. A stranger, a man, a little girl.
Created over four decades, these series of Self Portraits have become an unexpected lifetime journey, and an exploration of body image and aging, of maturing and growth. As I learn the vocabulary of my own features and forms, I bear witness to the changes of time, and through that, a broader experience of being human.
2010
365 drawings
Every drawing a square, all the same size, with a theme for each day of the week.
See SELF 2010
2000
366 works
A millennial exploration: drawing, collage, watercolor, and photography.
See SELF 2000
1980
One sketchbook
Where it began: a bound sketchbook, a visual diary.
See SELF 19802022 · Solo exhibition
SELF 2020 / 366 drawings at El Barrio’s Artspace
PS109, East Harlem · September 7 to October 8, 2022. More than 550 drawings, paintings, and prints from all four years hung together.
About the exhibitionComing
SELF: 2020 hindsightA documentary film about the 366 portraits.