tom manzanarez is a queer gender non-conforming transdisciplinary artist centering their positionality and using the body as a vessel to criticize socially constructed representations of gender identity, and reflect on the relationship to the self. By capturing the body throughout time, their self-portraiture acts as an archive to reflect on past-selves in relation to who they are now and will become. 

the future of transness is not assuming form as a third-gender, or third-sex.

in this thesis, tom manzanarez centers their experience as a gender non-conforming person, examining how being documented under gender X endangers the queer population and ultimately reduces our BODIES, FLESH, MINDS, IDENTITIES, and HISTORIES OF CULTURE

tom manzanarez
they/them

@tommanzanarez
tommanzanarez.com