SEXY AF
Sexy AF emerged from a personal desire to reclaim the female body as a site of agency, pleasure, and self-definition. Growing up within a conservative cultural context, I became acutely aware of the ways women's bodies are often regulated, concealed, and burdened with notions of modesty and shame. The responsibility to manage desire frequently falls upon women, who are taught to hide themselves rather than question the structures that produce these expectations.
Through abstract wooden sculptures that evoke breasts, curves, and other feminine forms, Sexy AF investigates what it means to become visible after a lifetime of concealment. Even after years of living in Western societies, many women continue to carry inherited ideas about the body, intimacy, and exposure. When something has been hidden for so long, its revelation can feel both liberating and dangerous.
By abstracting the body, these works resist objectification while creating space for recognition and personal interpretation. The sculptures become acts of reclamation, asserting that sensuality, softness, and bodily presence need not be hidden, but can instead be embraced as sources of strength, autonomy, and belonging.
Body of work created between: Jan 2024 - present
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Photography credit name: Age of Indie, Ottawa, Canada
Make up credit name: Sommer Mbonu