Suzi Grossman
  • Fine Art Portfolio
    • Changing Face/Facing Change
    • Pathways
    • Feeling my Boundaries
    • Namesake
    • Golden Delicious
    • Pain Maps
    • Small Miricles
    • Uncertain Spaces
    • Flowers for All of Us
    • Masking and Unmasking
    • Portraits
    • Garages
    • Paintings
    • 2D - Churchdrawings
    • 2D - Sketchbook
  • Freelance
    • ArtworkDoc
    • Head Shots
    • Apartment Photography
    • Coloring Pages
  • About the artist / CV
  • Contact
  • Shop
    • Hanabi-shi

Photography

Picture
  Pathways
  Changing Face/Facing Change
  Feeling my Boundaries

  Namesake
  Golden Delicious
 
  Pain Maps
  Small Miracles in Small Apartments
  Uncertain Spaces
​  Flowers For All of Us

  Masking and Unmasking
  Portraits

2D Work

Picture
  Homage to the Detached Garage
  Abstract Architecture Paintings
  Church Drawings
  Sketchbook
I have Fibromyalgia. In the medical world, I am constantly being asked to “rate your pain on a scale from 1 - 10” or “mark the X where you feel pain” on an anonymous and impersonal line- drawing of a body. My work pushes back against the sterility of medical diagnosis by placing the markers of my pain onto my own body. Through developing my own map-making techniques and wearing the marks of pain visibly, I am able to take control of my condition and present myself as I am: strong and in touch with my body.

My body and my pain are not static, any X I mark on a map will have changed position by the end of the day. Through documentation over time, I am able to give a more accurate and meaningful representation of my experience.

Personal data collection is a kind of lifeline for me. Even as I mark the location of pain upon my body, I seek to be gentle with myself, even as the needle pierces the paper, the soft thread wraps my image in protective embroidery. I combine data and ritual to create something beautiful that belies the pain it depicts.

Through creating these maps, I am able to push back against the invisibility of my pain and the silence of my condition.
  • Fine Art Portfolio
    • Changing Face/Facing Change
    • Pathways
    • Feeling my Boundaries
    • Namesake
    • Golden Delicious
    • Pain Maps
    • Small Miricles
    • Uncertain Spaces
    • Flowers for All of Us
    • Masking and Unmasking
    • Portraits
    • Garages
    • Paintings
    • 2D - Churchdrawings
    • 2D - Sketchbook
  • Freelance
    • ArtworkDoc
    • Head Shots
    • Apartment Photography
    • Coloring Pages
  • About the artist / CV
  • Contact
  • Shop
    • Hanabi-shi