conformity.sucks

Under the artist name conformity.sucks, Danica Dsouza explores the nature of human existence in the wake of biological extinction. Becoming disillusioned by the fashion industry while practicing as a designer, pattern cutter and maker, Danica stepped back from fashion after more than a decade, turning to fine art practice to express the grief and anguish stemming from acute eco anxiety. With a practice that is always evolving to explore craft in a variety of mediums spanning textile, bio-material experimentation, drawing and traditional printmaking, the resulting outcomes are expressions of grief as a response to loss of biodiversity, existential awakening, cultural identity, solastalgia and notions of self. The artworks are momento mori objects, reminding us that no matter how we try to play God, we must still face death. Danica now works as an art framer and printmaking technician while also being a resident artist at St. Barnabas Press in Cambridge.