Exhibition Statement:

SACRAMENTS examines rites of passage through a feminist rather than secular lens. Historically, the rites ascribed to women have been socially constructed to demarcate specific, often biologically determined stages of life—most notably those associated with sexual maturity, fertility, and reproduction. SACRAMENTS deconstructs and reclaims these pivotal moments, situating them within the context of female subjectivity. By decentering inherited cultural and religious frameworks the featured artwork reimagines how women might define and experience their own rites of passage—on their own terms, and within their own symbolic vocabularies.