Estee's profile
Estee Fox
b. 1988
I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado before moving to Baltimore in order to pursue my Masters degree at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). My dad is a plastic surgeon in Denver, and growing up this engendered my specific interest in the figure as medium. In America, an individual can choose to physically sculpt their body to manifest an internal identity to the external world.
When I was very young, though, I understood none of the reasons and assumed that it was for joy that everyone sculpted their bodies. I had no understanding of the cosmetic gaze and body aesthetics. I remember when I was about five, looking in the mirror and squishing my face in bizarre and odd shapes, inventing and planning out procedures I was to have done some day.
Predictably however, as I got older I became disillusioned with the practice of plastic surgery. I swung to the other side of opinion as I only saw the pain, fear and suffering associated with my dad’s work. This filled me with an unquenchable desire to explore what body modification is all about: the desires and the needs, both good and bad.
What are the catalysts in our environment and relationships that drive us to alter our forms? Along with my studies of psychology and medicine, I also came upon the discipline of neuroscience, and discovered that all of my questions went far deeper than I had ever imagined. I learned that these changes are not just aesthetic but are happening naturally within our bodies on a cellular level all of the time.
I have voraciously continued to explore contemporary neuroscience’s growing understanding of the mind-body connection. A connection where the body physically reflects and expresses identity and/or morality in the brain, and even further with how our environment and relationships to each other also contribute to the shaping of the body and brain. From studies of neuroplasticity, I have learned that we have the ability to choose to reshape our brains and many other aspects of ourselves. This is Pandora’s box for me.
I utilize a symbiotic approach to the history of painting and sculpture. In video, I collapse the space, blurring the boundaries of painting and sculpture. Using studies in neuroscience I continue to investigate the connection and re-construction of the object, subject and signified as it relates to the studies of body, contemporary culture, its evolution and the mind.
b. 1988
I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado before moving to Baltimore in order to pursue my Masters degree at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). My dad is a plastic surgeon in Denver, and growing up this engendered my specific interest in the figure as medium. In America, an individual can choose to physically sculpt their body to manifest an internal identity to the external world.
When I was very young, though, I understood none of the reasons and assumed that it was for joy that everyone sculpted their bodies. I had no understanding of the cosmetic gaze and body aesthetics. I remember when I was about five, looking in the mirror and squishing my face in bizarre and odd shapes, inventing and planning out procedures I was to have done some day.
Predictably however, as I got older I became disillusioned with the practice of plastic surgery. I swung to the other side of opinion as I only saw the pain, fear and suffering associated with my dad’s work. This filled me with an unquenchable desire to explore what body modification is all about: the desires and the needs, both good and bad.
What are the catalysts in our environment and relationships that drive us to alter our forms? Along with my studies of psychology and medicine, I also came upon the discipline of neuroscience, and discovered that all of my questions went far deeper than I had ever imagined. I learned that these changes are not just aesthetic but are happening naturally within our bodies on a cellular level all of the time.
I have voraciously continued to explore contemporary neuroscience’s growing understanding of the mind-body connection. A connection where the body physically reflects and expresses identity and/or morality in the brain, and even further with how our environment and relationships to each other also contribute to the shaping of the body and brain. From studies of neuroplasticity, I have learned that we have the ability to choose to reshape our brains and many other aspects of ourselves. This is Pandora’s box for me.
I utilize a symbiotic approach to the history of painting and sculpture. In video, I collapse the space, blurring the boundaries of painting and sculpture. Using studies in neuroscience I continue to investigate the connection and re-construction of the object, subject and signified as it relates to the studies of body, contemporary culture, its evolution and the mind.
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