Bodies, Boundaries & Breakthroughs

This was one of the first editorial design projects I created as an undergrad at Florida State University. The brief was to select a theme within contemporary art and highlight a range of mediums that support an overarching thesis.

I chose the theme of bodies—as artist, as viewer, as canvas. Across eight pieces, I explored how contemporary artists push beyond traditional boundaries of what it means to make or embody art. The juxtaposition of flesh and canvas, humanity and conformity, reveals a world where the body itself becomes site, subject, and medium.

The cover collage, originally designed in undergrad and updated typographically, layers bodies from across art history—from Michelangelo to the Guerrilla Girls. This composition challenges ideas of tradition and beauty by disrupting the singular gaze with multiplicity.

Revisiting the project, I reordered the spreads to highlight relationships I didn’t consciously see at the time. For example, pairing Frank Benson’s Juliana with Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece now feels essential: both works confront the consumption of the female body, the aggression of the gaze, and the innate violation of being perceived beyond one’s control.

Images and references were sourced online; typefaces are from Pangram Pangram.