“My work aims to explore and indulge in the multiplicity of Blackness and the embrace of our non-monolithic experiences.”
Walters explores themes of identity and representation through fragile and detailed paper cut-outs and collages where she creates multi-layered portraits in which she, literally and metaphorically, opens up space. These dimensional portraits provide a portal and empower those who are often excluded and unheard in mainstream Western society. She creates an alternative narrative which reflects the complexity of these women’s stories and experiences.
The title ‘Seeing Ourselves’ references the book by Frances Borzello which surveyed centuries of self portraits by white Western women artists. In her series ‘Seeing Ourselves’, Walters reclaims space to create a new inclusive way of seeing Black women. Her work is a response to this absence of their own reflections in mainstream Western media, arts and cultural life.