Amy Ortiz

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I approach my practice with an unending curiosity and a tendency to make meaningful connections between unlikely subjects. This year I have been fuelled by the history of alternative, queer print culture and the theory behind the concept of community and sense of belonging. This final work describes where I’m most in my element as an illustrator and maker - pairing expressive mark-making with eclectic lines of research.

examination of belonging. Pairing eclectic lines of research
with expressive drypoint etching, “Principles of
Belonging” plays with our tendency to group individual
things together and apart, both visually and socially