Photography, as a way of recording, is often high-definition and highly descriptive. Therefore, photography has a close relationship with visual perception. In my soft and abstract photographic images, the particularity of time and place is deliberately diluted, and the traditional objects in the photographic images are eliminated to challenge the viewer to locate themselves in relation to the photographs. The ambiguity of the photograph stimulates the viewer's self-consciousness to the greatest extent, while also spurring profound examination of the particular ways one expects photographs to affect them.

Brief Artist Statement by Shellita Tow as part of a 2021 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Fragmenting Time” in the Cora Stafford Gallery on the campus of the University of North Texas on April 15-20, 2021.

This work is a developing portrait of women workers who are involved in labor rights advocacy within the context of the maquiladora (assemblage factory) industry in Mexico. I have traveled to do research in Mexico by making photographs and through collecting recorded testimonies from the women workers I come to meet through an organization called the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras. The resulting artwork I make includes photographs, handmade books, video, sculpture and works on paper. Ultimately, my translation of the empowerment and stories of these women workers into works of art are at the center of my practice.

With this work, I investigate the mental and physical toll of the past and the dissonance that often occurs as we age through the use of experimental cameraless techniques. By placing photographic materials directly against my skin during performative acts of self-care, I document my body as I reflect on the damage it suffered as a result of my childhood as a competitive gymnast, which is being exacerbated by the effects of age and time. The resulting photographs are a poetic self-reflection on my physical form that embodies my struggle to understand and accept my deteriorating body.

An artwork titled "Moving Water" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "Water States - Detail 1" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "A River's Vortex - Detail 1" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "A River's Vortex" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "Water States - Detail 1" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "A River's Vortex - Detail 2" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "A River's Vortex - Full" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "Beneath the River" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "Riverbed #1, Riverbed #2" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "Strong Currents #1, Strong Currents #2" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

An artwork titled "Water States" as a part of 2024 MFA Exhibition by artist Allison Mudd, entitled "The Agency of Water" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, North, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from February 21 to February 24, 2024. This exhibition represents This exhibition represents a deep exploration into the agency of water, viewing it as a dynamic, living entity that interacts with its surroundings through processes such as carving caves, forming natural levees, and influencing wind-driven flows.

The Agency of Water is an exhibition that explores the agency of water. I perceive water as a moving, living organism. Evidence of water’s agency can be seen in carved out underground caves, natural levees created by sediment depositions, and wind-driven flow. Through the lens of Post-Humanism and a decentered Anthropocene, I intend to explore the interconnected relationships between water, wind, and soil. Recognizing the agential capacities of these elements as a collaborator in my work decentralizes humans’ sovereignty as a singular actor in a world wherein nature shapes itself alongside human existence. This body of work reflects conversations between nature, myself, and the environment.

An artwork titled Ego (No. 3) as part of the 2024 MFA exhibition by artist Allen Lauren, entitled "Ōrāculum" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery, 1201 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, from March 20 to March 23, 2024. "Ōrāculum" is a collection of photographic sculptures, suspended woven forms, and photographic prints shown as an exhibition.

An artwork titled Ultima as part of the 2024 MFA exhibition by artist Allen Lauren, entitled "Ōrāculum" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery, 1201 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, from March 20 to March 23, 2024. "Ōrāculum" is a collection of photographic sculptures, suspended woven forms, and photographic prints shown as an exhibition.

An artwork titled Duplici as part of the 2024 MFA exhibition by artist Allen Lauren, entitled "Ōrāculum" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery, 1201 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, from March 20 to March 23, 2024. "Ōrāculum" is a collection of photographic sculptures, suspended woven forms, and photographic prints shown as an exhibition.

An Exhibition Shot (No. 1) from the 2024 MFA exhibition "Ōrāculum" by artist Allen Lauren, shown from March 20 to March 23, 2024, at the North Cora Stafford Gallery, 1201 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX. "Ōrāculum" is an exhibition featuring a range of photographic prints, suspended woven shapes, and sculptures.

An Exhibition Shot (No. 3) from the 2024 MFA exhibition "Ōrāculum" by artist Allen Lauren, shown from March 20 to March 23, 2024, at the North Cora Stafford Gallery, 1201 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX. "Ōrāculum" is an exhibition featuring a range of photographic prints, suspended woven shapes, and sculptures.

An Exhibition Shot (No. 2) from the 2024 MFA exhibition "Ōrāculum" by artist Allen Lauren, shown from March 20 to March 23, 2024, at the North Cora Stafford Gallery, 1201 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX. "Ōrāculum" is an exhibition featuring a range of photographic prints, suspended woven shapes, and sculptures.

An Exhibition Shot (No. 4) from the 2024 MFA exhibition "Ōrāculum" by artist Allen Lauren, shown from March 20 to March 23, 2024, at the North Cora Stafford Gallery, 1201 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX. "Ōrāculum" is an exhibition featuring a range of photographic prints, suspended woven shapes, and sculptures.

An Installation of artwork on West wall by artist Kate Arrows Enoire, entitled "Becoming" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from April 24 to April 27, 2024. This artwork represents symbiotic collaborations tangle an exchange of a short life able to survive deeper into the Anthropocene with a longer life that cannot survive it, birthing an evolution and conversion into a new hereafter species.