Installation
00 Marus Plasticus
This project explores the complex and multiplicitous ways people cope with ecological grief and alienation under consumer capitalism through the speculative evolution of post-anthropogenic, waste-based marine life. Our world will keep spinning long... More
Sculpture
01 Amphibalanus creamus and Amphibalanus milkidae
Creamy Acorn Barnacles and Milky Acorn Barnacles
Video
02 Raphael
I wanted to explore the expectations placed upon trans people to still adhere to the gender binary and the strain that puts it puts us under. I did this by painting myself in drag, an art form with a rich queer history of pushing boundaries of... More
Photography
03 A Study of Neural Tissues
Photomicrographs of histology slides prepared by Ward's Science+, specifically tracing a path from sensation (nerves) to information relay (spinal cord) to processing (cerebrum).
Photography
03 Aftermath: A Study of Maker's Hands
This project reflected on a previous performance piece, Ash and Rust (When the Frayed Wind Blows).
Mixed Media
03 Blister
This is a slide I prepared myself in our Life Studies lab. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I was unable to make a perfectly prepared and flattened slide; therefore, some of these images are not entirely in focus, as the compound microscope... More
Mixed Media
03 Cheek Swab
This is a microscope slide I prepared myself from our Life Studies lab. I have an anxious habit known as Morsicatio buccarum, or chronic cheek biting, which leaves me with dead skin buildup and scar tissue on the inside of my mouth. This habit is a... More
Mixed Media
03 Stereomicroscopy
An intimate look at the materials we think we know to uncover how much we truly don't.
Mixed Media
04 Ash and Rust (When The Frayed Wind Blows)
One-shot, automatic performance drawing exploring my frustration with art academia and the general state of the world to a folk punk musical accompaniment (When The Frayed Wind Blows by Matt Pless).
Mixed Media
04 Portraits in Anthocyanins
A speculation on the morphological forms of berry spirits. I imagine berry sprites to be simple, soft-bodied creatures similar in shape to bacteria. They have long flagella made up of loose spiritual energy, where they were once connected to the... More
Drawing
05 Pikaia gracilens
Primitive chordate (animal with a backbone) from the middle Cambrian period, c. 505 million years ago
Mixed Media
05 See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Final project for my grade 10 urban art class, taught by Theresa Wyatt
Drawing
05 Self Portrait
This was a self-portrait I did in my sophomore year of high school. Unfortunately, this drawing was lost as it was sent to be displayed at a DDSB building, and I never got it back.
Work by
Reymond Lise aka. Raphael
Cross Disciplinary: Life Studies
“Reymond Lise is an interdisciplinary neurodivergent queer Canadian artist who often employs experimental techniques with a methodical approach to create vibrant new worlds. Lise synthesizes artistic...” [More]