by cozcon
Visual Art
Artist’s Statement
Evolution is a nightmare. When I’m doing it right, the most productive parts are uncomfortable, draining, and lonely. In these periods of bone-snapping and muscle-ripping, there’s often an idealized self—like a carrot on a string—that keeps me running toward growth. Ordeal is a portrait of the aura I tirelessly chase: effortlessly embodied, dynamically femme, and organically modernistic. There are times in my life when I manage to match that ideal state—and often, after that hard-won moment, comes An April Evening. From “grown” to “having grown.” The factory settings of my brain chemistry are very dark-night-of-the-soul coded, so triumphs often come with dense existential hangovers. Still, this image—a figure with their face sheathed in a curtain of inky black, clinging to the grand prize of spring, the crude tools and architecture of their psyche poised to be carried on to the next season—is not entirely grim. There is a suggestion of hope drawn in, ready to be understood by whoever is in need of receiving it.
cozcon is a multidisciplinary artist currently nesting in Los Angeles, California. When they’re not artfully flapping their Black, queer wings with hurricanic intentions, they are gracefully buckling under the weight of capitalism. If you feel this artist could be a good fit for a fruitful, ethical opportunity in your purview, feel free to reach out at cozcon33@gmail.com.