As a framework, illustration functions like a tool for reflection and action, giving artists a revisionary process and a foundation for critical consciousness needed to make the visual language and narrative necessary for unpacking the intersections of identity.
Frankie Gutierrez
MFA Candidate, California State University, San Bernardino
Frankie Gutierrez is an illustrator, printmaker, and current MFA candidate working within the Inland Empire's print and self-publishing book art communities. Utilizing bright colors and silly faces, they endeavor to highlight the playful nature of gender fluidity, and non-mainstream trans identities.