Sarah Davidson is a Canadian born, Brooklyn-based artist who draws inspiration from nature through a queer ecological perspective. Educated at Emily Carr University and the University of Guelph, Davidson's background as a wilderness guide influences their work. Many paintings depict transformation, blending observation and abstraction. They express personal reflections on gender identity, using motifs like butterflies and moths to illustrate their journey as a trans non-binary individual. Ongoing questions about the intersection of biomorphism, queerness, and art challenge conventional perceptions of identity and representation.
My gender identity has been in flux and my obsession with butterflies and moths reflects coming to terms with my own trans non-binary identity, transitioning, and the destabilizing experience of having to rethink much of how I define and experience the world.
How does biomorphism relate to queerness, transness, and painting? How can elements of body horror in my work unsettle ways of looking at them? Is there such a thing as queer abstraction, or a queer art which eschews human representation?
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