Artist: Jennifer S. Hart | Location: Lexington, KY
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Artist: Jennifer S. Hart | Location: Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY
I’m not supposed to be here. My work is not supposed exist. Born into devastating poverty in rural Appalachia I never even knew art existed. The life my mother envisioned for me was one continuing the cycle of devastating poverty. After finally escaping to the nearest college town that accepted financial aid I graduated and promptly started working in a sewing factory for minimum wage. I had to pay rent and eat. Scraping and scrimping I managed to piece together a ragged patchwork quilt of a life centered upon creativity. In 2012 when I was in a motor vehicle accident and suffered two shattered wrists and broken fingers. I turned to slowly and painfully sewing together pieces of fabric into tiny quilts to survive my ordeal. After my casts were removed I decided to keep quilting. Instead of providing warmth and comfort my quilt/pencil/ink pieces confront my experience of dehumanization,
So I'm not supposed to be here. But here I fucking am.