Self Portrait with Uterus - print of oil painting by Anya Tee

ARTIST STATEMENT: I was inspired by Frida Kahlo to create a self-portrait on the theme of medical mistreatment of women and AFAB people. Kahlo’s iconic self-portraits are highly symbolic in nature, and also often included anatomical imagery, which I have been investigating this past year. Like Kahlo, my painting includes many symbolic objects like pills and a syringe (to represent healthcare), and I also included a heart and uterus, as both are deeply symbolic and significant organs which featured in Kahlo’s own art. The aim of my piece is to highlight an important societal issue, and hopefully start a few important conversations. ABOUT THE ARTIST: This piece is Shortlisted in the 2022 Sovereign Art Foudation Students Prize in Guernsey. Anya created this piece aged 18 while a student at The Ladies' College. Her life drawings were also shortlisted in 2020. Anya was also an Art for Guernsey Scholarship winner in 2020.