Quilted Archives
Quilted Archives
Quilted Archives is a collage series of critically fabulated intimate queer moments throughout Jamaica’s history. A proclamation that queerness has always existed despite limited documentation and destroyed history. Each piece carries hand-drawn illustrations and archival photos that are cropped, layered, and double exposed to create reimagined narratives rooted in academic research on queer Caribbean history.
Kin
2025
Playing with the idea of queer nightlife culture during the 1950s lives an at-home, invitation-only speakeasy to explore one’s sexuality. The contrast between images and illustrations is a measurement of ones’ comfort in their sexual orientation. Images represent conforming, social norms, and the “real world”. While illustrations symbolizes play, unrestricted, and queer culture. 
SELF
CARE
2025
Expanding on the underground gay scene in men's bathhouse culture during the 1920-30s, showcase a private moment between two men inside a public tub. Despite the noise and the public gaze that surrounds them, these two lovers prioritize themselves in the safety of each other. 
SOVER
EIGNTY
Inspired by Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley's book, Thiefing Sugar, Tinsley affirms women-to-women sexual and romantic intimacy throughout history in the Caribbean. Sovereignty reimagines the artwork on the cover of Tinsley’s book, "Three Caribbean washerwomen by a river" painted by Agostino Brunias in the late 1700s. By removing the male and colonizer's gaze, these two women are free to playfully admire each other's company in private.