This body of work was created and cultivated as a reflection on myself and my identity, and my journey to better understand myself through my art. The works follow the creation and development of my persona, Bunny, as well as several other pieces that connect to my life and who I am. Throughout my art, Bunny has been a way for me to reflect and insert myself into my art while also maintaining more of an outsider perspective. Their creation allowed me to make art that was personal and emotive, while also being distanced enough to reflect on it and grow from it. While not every piece involves Bunny, all the pieces in this exhibition act as a reflection into my identity. “Identity” is an intentionally vague word, it could refer to my relationships to my loved ones or myself, my emotions and the mental health struggles I’ve faced throughout highschool, my childhood and growing up, or my identity as a bisexual nobinary person. I hope that through this collection viewers ask themselves what “identity” means to them, and what their relationship to themselves is. Some of the works were created with the express intent to be a reflection on a part of me, and some merely started off as doodles, or were purely just for fun or experimentation. Both those kinds of art have a place in this exhibition because both are a part of who I am as an artist; to me the doodles and experimentation are just as reflective of my identity as some of my finished or thought out pieces. A lot of what I wanted to explore over the IB was art materials I had never tried before, like charcoal, linoleum printing, and digital animation. The experimental nature of these pieces was intended to probe the viewer to consider whether the initial intention of an artwork significantly impacts its meaning, or whether thoughtless experiments can mean just as much. My creative process was altered drastically when COVID-19 hit and quarantine started. Not only was it more difficult to find space and materials to create, it also drained a lot of my creative energy to be stuck inside. It was very difficult to motivate myself to create anything beyond notebook doodles. However, it wasn’t all bad, as quarantine inspired me to experiment with other mediums I probably wouldn’t have tried before, like digital animation and photography. In fact, it was because of COVID-19 that a lot of the pieces for this exhibition were created, and that the theme of identity came together so nicely. Quarantine may have initially drained my creative energy, but it also sparked a lot of self reflection into who I was and who I wanted to be. It was because of this that I became inspired to revisit my persona, and to create more personal art about my emotions and identity. It also inspired me to revisit old pieces, and make changes in order to make them feel more personal and authentic. COVID also meant that this exhibition would have to be digital, however I see that as a positive for the most part. While I feel that photos maybe don’t do some of the art justice, creating a digital exhibition means that it is permanent, and will be easier to share with others in the future. It also allows me to better display digital art like animation and photography. While COVID and quarantine have affected us all negatively, I hope that the creation and perseverance of my art making journey proves to the viewer that something positive can come out of it too.