Bron after surgery Bron HawkinsVictoria, British Columbia Vote Voter pour Bron after surgeryBron Hawkins Vous pouvez modifier votre vote à tout moment avant 17 h 00 (heure du Pacifique) le 17 octobre 2025 Entrez une adresse e-mail valide pour confirmer votre vote adresse e-mail Confirm vote Dimension 24" x 18" Médium Acrylic on wood panel This self-portrait was completed shortly after I underwent a gender-affirming double mastectomy (top surgery). This was an opportunity to meditate on the physical and mental healing that surgery demands but also enables a conversation about authorial intent. Self-portraits allow an artist the highest degree of autonomy to present themselves as they experience their physicality. Body modification (gender-affirming, life-saving, or not) is an opportunity to invoke that autonomy with your physical self. The twin factors of representative agency and biological agency unite in this painting as I engage with the ongoing project of inventing/representing myself Bron after surgery Bron HawkinsVictoria, British Columbia Vote Voter pour Bron after surgeryBron Hawkins Entrez une adresse e-mail valide pour confirmer votre vote adresse e-mail Confirm vote À propos de l'artiste À propos de l'artiste Bron HawkinsVictoria, British Columbia Bron Hawkins lives in Victoria, BC and are a visitor on the territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱ SÁNEĆ People. They went to McGill University, studying at the Peter Guo-Hua Fu School of Architecture, and received their bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering in 2019. They have an enduring love of art and design and started working full time as an artist in 2024. They work in a variety of mediums including textiles, embellishment, and painting. They identify as a transgender non-binary person. Suivez sur les sociaux