Nina McMullan

SNOT, SICK, SELF, SEX, SPIT. My main drive to create is directed by my own experiences as a non-binary AFAB person growing up in Scotland, influenced by the stereotypes of ugliness and disgust. Through mediums such as photography, drawings, and textile work, I aim to transform what society constitutes as beautiful – tackling insecurities and relationships with myself and others. Collage, text and portraiture are consistently at the base of my work, as well as combining women’s textile crafts to bring together blatantly honest images of bodies and faces as a feminist take on the methods which have historically been dismissed for their association with women. Exploring portraiture in a contemporary sense allows me to explore my feminist viewpoints visually, using uncomfortable imagery such as leaked period blood stains, grinning teeth, glitter sprinkled tongues, and cracked eczema troubled skin.