Lillian Supanich

I Can’t Believe He’s Gone, 2018, foam, silicone, coyote fur, walnut, cotton, and flower arrangement

Installed in the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design’s Brook Stevens Gallery

Catalogue of Alien Genitalia, 2022

Genitalia are frequently the locus of the intense scrutiny our gendered bodies are subjected to in our current political context. As an artist, I seek to confound traditional constructions of gender and anatomy. I am particularly animated by the possibilities for play in the hinterlands beyond the familiar categories we are organized into from birth. This exploration beyond the binary; beyond positive and negative spaces; beyond penetrator and penetrated; invites the application of the imaginative grammar of science-fiction. My submission will comprise thirty 3D sculptures of speculative alien genital anatomy. The sculptures will incorporate modeling, silicone and wax mold-making, and mixed-media, and draw from the tradition of creature design in cinema and toy-making. I believe that the technical challenge of fabricating thirty distinct sculptures will afford me the opportunity to develop a personal, painterly expression of queer physiology.

 Installed at Var Gallery as part of the 2022 “30x30x30” exhibition

Excuse Me, 2017

Installed in the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design’s Wallway Gallery