Mackenzie Curtis

Internal Diary

Altered book, needle felting, collage, painting

“*Trigger Warning* ‘Internal Diary’ explores the memories, emotions, and fragility of abuse survivors. Created by installing a smashed, then repaired, ceramic of a woman looking down into an altered book, and using wire, wool, book pages, and glue for the spiraling of a dark thought cloud. Ellen Hopkins' verse [of] poetry from ‘Smoke’ is used to express thoughts and feelings of abuse survivors. This piece helped express some of my own personal traumas. I want to help raise awareness, shedding light on the aftermath forced upon individuals who already had to survive a traumatic experience. Opening more conversations on mental health and recovery."

— Mackenzie Curtis

About the artist

Mackenzie Curtis

Mackenzie Curtis is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist living in Kitchener, Ontario. She graduated with a diploma in Visual and Digital Arts from Humber College in April 2022. Recent projects explore sculpture, trauma, and fragility, utilizing a variety of methods and materials. Her work was showcased in "Dawn," the Humber Grad Show 2022, "Euphoria," 2022 winning jurors pick and first place in the category "other," and "The Mask'arade," 2021 hosted by Humber College.

Mackenzie has competed in live painting competitions such as The Brush Off 9th Edition in Kitchener, Ontario and Art Battle in Brantford. She created a collection of anatomical human hearts composed of conceptual materials representing emotional states and what It feels like to be human. The collection is titled "Humanity" and is an extension of her piece "Exposed," 2022.