Ode To Childhood
“Growing up repressing my queerness led me to have a complicated relationship with reality, especially during my childhood. I struggled with dissociation and escapism because of this. In this series, I took images of myself as a child and then digitally glitched them to make them unrecognizable. This is an exploration of my experiences with hazy, unclear memories of significant moments in my childhood.”
— Riley Gunderson on Ode to Childhood
Riley Gunderson (she/they) is a 20-year-old multimedia artist based in NYC. She is currently studying for her BFA in Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design. She is an Aries-Pisces cusp who loves all things visual art. In her free time, she loves to read queer YA novels and watch bad movies. She is passionate about social justice and human rights and is interested in astrology and spirituality. You can find her on Instagram @rileyleeza.