Beautiful. Funny. Poignant.
— Gregg Bordowitz
An artistic genius.
— Mo Salemy

Collections 

  • Project Empty Space, Also Reality, 2025-Now

  • TSpoons Gallery, Conversation, 2024-Now

  • Purdue Polytechnic Museum, Cyborg Imaginaries, 2023-Now

  • Bridgeport Arts Center, Artist So Precious, 2022-Now

Shows

  • DSTL Arts, “On the Grief of Smiling Too Much in Public” 2025

  • Iowa Trans Mutual Aid, Iowa City, Iowa, Transgander, 2025

  • Mainframe Studios, Des Moines, Iowa, Diverse by Design, 2025

  • University of Iowa, Body Freedom for Everybody, 2024

  • Women Made Gallery, Tickled Pink, 2023 

  • Buzz Gallery and Salon, After Maman, 2022-2023 

  • Middendorf Gallery at Station Building, MICA, Legacies, 2023 

  • Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, Print-a-Thon, 2022 

  • Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, Art-a-Thon, 2022 

  • SAIC Grad Students, Chicago, IL, Graduate Studios, 2022 

  • Iridium, Chicago, IL, After Deligny, 2022

  • The Factory by Amanda Manitach, Seattle, WA, Transition, 2015

  • Revolution Books, Seattle, WA, Exodus, 2013 

Residencies

  • SVA Artist Residency Interdisciplinary Sculpture, NYC 2026

  • SVA Artist Residency Bio Lab Art, NYC 2026

  • Tyrone Gutherie Centre, Ireland, 2026

  • Artesumepaz, Columbia, 2026

  • Spitsbergen Artist Residency, Arctic Circle, 2026

  • SAIC Summer Semester / worked alongside Fashion department, 2022

Biting jokes about systems that really shouldn’t be funny.

I use comedy to talk about social harm that can exist in systems of ableism, bureaucracy, systemic violence, and in ways that are more emotionally accessible. These are serious problems, and shining a light on them matters deeply to me, but I’ve learned that humor is often the most accessible way into triggering topics.

For over 20 years, I’ve honed a comedic voice that’s sardonic, precise, and deeply invested in care. I was even recruited to write comedy for Amazon; I declined, because I want my jokes doing work in the world, not just moving products.

In these visual essay lessons, I combine pedagogy, art, and design to create short, punchy lessons that go straight to the core of systemic issues. My hope is that these pieces help viewers laugh, wince, and recognize their own role in transforming harmful structures into something more humane.