Mixed Media
BINDER SERIES
Having recently purchased a chest binder and experiencing the gender and body euphoria when I first saw the line of my flat chest in the mirror, I started to think about how important binders were to transgender folks. They can be uncomfortable,... More
I AM NOT YOUR TOKEN
Inspired by Adrian Piper’s My Calling Card, I created a series of tokens that could be used to disrupt tokenization of folks who exist on the margins. I was in the process of designing a reiteration of these after critically thinking about how we... More
T4T MAILER
This series was going to be reiterated to include a variety of coupons that parodied tons of corporations and important resources that not only transgender but BIPOC, queer, and disabled folks need. The coupons are funny but also work to address an... More
THE BANK OF EMOTIONAL LABOUR
The idea of the bank of emotional labour came from desiring compensation. How can we compensate for labour we do not consent to? This was very much in progress before the pandemic. Now that there has been time to take space from it I don’t like... More
Mixed Media
Your Hands and Eyes Keep Us Alive
Using Xpace’s zine library as an archive and catalyst through reading, interrogating and touching the work, each artist responds in their own way to create a collaborative experience. In these times of uncertainty, where touch is a current rarity,... More
Work by
Cleopatria Peterson (they/them)
Printmaker, Zine-Maker, Storyteller & Illustrator
“Cleopatria Peterson is a non-binary black multidisciplinary artist that believes in the importance of storytelling, love and nature above all things. Their award winning thesis explored print as...” [More]