Jenny Grace Thomas

My work predominantly focuses on this idea of subverting the male gaze and instead presents a true reflection of the female experience from my own perspective. Although the issues surrounding female empowerment obviously predate my own lifetime, they are issues that are more prevalent than ever before. It is no longer simple social demands that influence and control the way women present themselves. The effect of media pressures not only affects the way women look but the way women feel about themselves birthing the concept and problem of online personas.



My practice has largely been a personal exploration of self, utilising and employing my own loved experience to visualise how it feels to be a woman living in a world where you are encouraged to express yourself yet scrutinised in every aspect of life; even by other women claiming to empower and work for change when in reality they are just trying to create their own box to fit in. My work predominantly utilises film and photography to create a level of intimacy with the work that encourages an unfiltered, raw, unedited, and imperfect view of my female experience.