Mixed Media
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Bath
The work explores joy and serenity that can be found when we make the conscious effort to step back from self-loathing, and instead, allow ourselves to appreciate, love and nurture the self. Through this work I invite you think about self-love as... More
Mixed Media
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Massage
The work explores joy and serenity that can be found when we make the conscious effort to step back from self-loathing, and instead, allow ourselves to appreciate, love and nurture the self. Through this work I invite you think about self-love as... More
Mixed Media
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Make-Up
Utilizing painting, collage and film as an archival method, I am preserving moments of joy that are experienced through gestures of self-love. Being South-Asian and LGBTQ+ minority, mending trauma stemming from oppression and diaspora catalyses... More
Mixed Media
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Tea
The work explores joy and serenity that can be found when we make the conscious effort to step back from self-loathing, and instead, allow ourselves to appreciate, love and nurture the self. Through this work I invite you think about self-love as... More
Painting
2 Boys 1 Lotus
Most religions deem gay sex as impure and unholy. In this painting that narrative is rewritten by a same sex couple sharing intimacy in the cosmos on a lotus flower that symbolizes purity, where the Hindu gods are said to reside.
Video
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Bath (Short Film)
The work is exploring joy and serenity that can be felt when we make the conscious effort to step back from self-loathing, and instead, allow ourselves to appreciate, love and nurture the self. Through my work I invite you think about self-love as... More
Video
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Massage (Short Film)
The work explores joy and serenity that can be felt when we make the conscious effort to step back from self-loathing, and instead, allow ourselves to appreciate, love and nurture the self. Through my work I invite you think about self-love as a... More
Video
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Tea (Short Film)
The work is exploring joy and serenity that can be felt when we make the conscious effort to step back from self-loathing, and instead, allow ourselves to appreciate, love and nurture the self. Through my work I invite you think about self-love as... More
Mixed Media
Queer Joy and Self-Love: Exhibition
The work explores joy and serenity that can be found when we make the conscious effort to step back from self-loathing, and instead, allow ourselves to appreciate, love and nurture the self. Through this work I invite you think about self-love as... More
Work by
Aneel Vyas aka. Aneel Vyaz
Drawing and Painting
“My practice utilizes painting, digital collage, film and performance to explore themes related to trauma, healing and self-love, representation, intimacy, male-gaze, identity, and decolonial...” [More]