Zhannay McBride

Artist Statement

My name is Naynay and I create pop art that takes inspiration from aesthetics like Y2K, jumicore, and vintage grunge. I also like to create art that targets themes such as mental health awareness and TD1 awareness. I use my own experiences to provide a lens that allows others to connect with my artwork which opens up a conversation space that not only gives others insight to these topics but provides a space where people can show empathy and kindness. I’ve always loved looking at art books for video games and anime but there was always some media where I felt I couldn’t really see the “behind the scenes”. I’d have fond memories looking at magazines from Nickelodeon, GameStop, and CartoonNetwork as a kid and loving the way everything just went together well for the time. The fonts, images, heck even the color palettes! I always wanted to make artwork similar to these styles. I've always been the type of person to use things that are familiar to me in order to navigate through hard times. By using things that I'm nostalgic about in my art I've found that the messages and themes in my pieces come across more clearly.