Ishii investigates the ways feminist artists of colour highlight diverse victims/survivors’ experiences of abuse to involve the viewer in the debate on gender and sexual violence.
Sara Ishii
Sara Ishii is an interdisciplinary feminist artist/scholar. She holds a PhD in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies from Texas Woman’s University, an MFA in Art and Technology from the University of Texas and an MA in Feminist, Gender, and Women’s Studies from York University, Toronto. Her ongoing research examines creative interventions into social justice issues related to contemporary feminist art, Gloria Anzaldúan theorising, and interpersonal violence. Ishii’s art practice employs painting and mixed media to investigate the inner dimensions of emotional and verbal abuse within the larger spectrum of interpersonal violence. Her work confronts the silence surrounding emotional and verbal abuse, marking its impact, and acknowledging the resilience of victims/survivors. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History at Texas Woman’s University.
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Guy Martin – an award-winning and widely published British photographer who’s kindly agreed to share his images with our readers
Chandler Jernigan – a talented young American photographer whose portraits hugely enriched the visuals of MAI website
Matt Gillespie – a gifted professional British photographer who with no hesitation gave us permission to use some of his work
Julia Carbonell – an emerging Spanish photographer whose sharp outlook at contemporary women grasped our feminist attention
Ana Pedreira – a self-taught Portuguese photographer whose imagery from women protests beams with feminist aura
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