Ryanna Kizan’s

Worn Lines

Worn Lines is an exploration of the intersections of women’s bodies, body image, and the transformative potential of tattooing. Through large-scale self-portraits, the work explores tattooing as both a personal and political act: a form of bodily authorship that resists the normative ideals of femininity. Tattoos become marks of agency and reparative care, inscribed on a body which has experienced body dysmorphia and societal scrutiny. The act of painting parallels tattooing in its intimacy and layering, offering a visual, feminist language for reclamation and becoming. Informed by autotheory and corporeal feminism, Worn Lines, positions the body not as a passive surface, but as a site of resistance and repair.