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Sea Dax

Listen to t4t

t4t 

acrylic painting 2024 

 

Painting of eight friends in a bedroom, one friend lays down on the bed while another attempts to put long shiny white boots on their feet.

During the summer of 2024, I began my series trans[land]scapes. This body of work reflects on the ritual of transition, the importance of trans spaces, and the love I feel for my community as a trans man. We deserve moments of gentleness, care, and the freedom to imagine and play. I feel such gratitude to the community that helps me cultivate that in my life. With this series, I sought to document those moments and the spaces where we take care of each other, where we dream together, and where we can simply be. 

In this painting, t4t, I depict a humorous exchange between two friends of mine, one forcing a boot onto the other’s foot as onlookers watch with a wide variety of emotional responses. For us, it was a funny moment of play and gender expression, possible through the safety of the community we keep. 

Sea Dax is an interdisciplinary artist and maker who lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio. He acquired his BFA at the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2012 and is currently acquiring his MFA at UC’s School of Art. Dax has exhibited with many galleries including the Carnegie, Wavepool Gallery and the Contemporary Arts Center. His current body of work explores themes of found family, queer temporalities, the function of memory, and the concept of home, positioning remembrance as both an intimate act and a mode of resistance.