In a world consumed by the politics of identity, new liberties and limitations emerge. When society insists on defining the individual, what public perceptions are accepted, and what truths are self-determined?

 

A body labeled by the public as "queer" is often portrayed in media as a tragedy or a mockery, positioned for an audience’s pity or laughter. But beauty and desire, when reclaimed, become sites of power. Archetypes once dismissed as shallow can ignite transformation, recasting an object of shame into a figure of aspiration, even heroism.

 

Fern Cerezo’s practice lives within performance and portraiture—part confession, part myth, seeking to recontextualize the body recovered from personal and cultural exile. Through documentation of self-possession and projection, their work provokes the private self to find resonance in the public eye. And with a voice that is both sensual and honest, they invite the viewer to look closer—not just at the artist, but at themselves. 

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