ARTIST STATEMENT
My work operates at the intersection of politics, mythology, and everyday life, drawing from a lifelong engagement with resistance, storytelling, and social critique. Influenced by the visual language of political movements, I am particularly inspired by the bold graphic traditions of Mexican printmakers and muralists, the “silent agitators” of the American labor movement, and the feminist assertion that the personal is inherently political.
My submissions relate to the theme in its inherent resistance to the current administration’s terrorist campaign against immigrants. I am a descendent of immigrants, the spouse of a first generation immigrant, and the teacher of students who are immigrants whose basic human rights are threatened by ICE. I am afraid and I am angry, but I also believe in the power of art to resist tyranny.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Nicole Schulman was born and raised in New York City in the 1970’s by a couple of Jews from the Bronx. She is mostly known for her political cartoons published with the World War 3 Illustrated collective, editing Wobblies!: A Graphic History and murals facilitated by Groundswell Community Mural Project NYC. Currently, she is a full-time union high school art and graphic design teacher. Nicole also paints, designs enamel pins under the name of Gussie Grubman, buys too many records and watches too many horror films. She is currently living in Brooklyn with her husband and cat.
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