This work was a photography project before becoming the poster for my short film "The Hermit", which follows a man who has taken to the woods to live a simple life devoted to an Epicurean notion of pleasure. The image--a self-portrait with a beard made of sheep's wool, dried flowers, and dead insects--explores the gendered performance of wisdom and insight and, in its formal references, attempts to strike a balance between melodramatic romanticism and twinkle-in-the-eye humour.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

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Izzy Mink is a writer and multi-disciplinary artist currently based in Toronto. In 2019 she began Indoor Recess, an online blog where she published reviews and artist profiles focusing on work by local emerging artists and which prioritized a personal, accessible approach to art journalism. In her art practice, Izzy often employs humour and narrative, drawing on her interest in philosophies of life, self-perception, and the underlying emotional states that influence human thought and action.