Meet the Artist: Zara Gonzalez

Meet the Artist: Zara Gonzalez

Why have you chosen to participate in Manifest Equality? 

I was lucky enough to grow up in a family very accepting of people of different colors and persuasions. My house was always filled with interesting people and different languages. I took for granted that everyone had what I did, that exposure to different people and cultures. When I left home I was faced with the reality that the opposite is usually true. I've met people who have searched for my horns and I've been disregarded by my own people because I am not the right color and I can't speak the right language. 

I'm participating in Manifest Equality because I want to protest against discrimination in a way I can't vocalize. 

There should be so much more love and acceptance in the world than there is. After all, we're all people, just different parts of the same thing. 

Describe a bit about your submission to the gallery or the creative process you are putting into it? 

I've been doing a bit of screenprinting lately and I decided to continue to explore that medium for my piece. I am currently obsessed with multiples and repetition. I love the effect of bringing a lot of similar things together to make a greater whole. 

The symbolism of small pieces coming together to make something greater seemed fitting for this project so I decided to explore it further. 

What else would you like to manifest? 

Love.

:: See more of Zara's work at I Love You With All My Feet... and follow her on Twitter: @zarprey ::

Posted By: Manifest Equality