About ARK

Ark is a queer, bipoc, and disabled multimedia artist living in rural south-central Minnesota. The singer/songwriter and live painter is devoted to uplifting marginalized artists in rural communities. Her work is inspired by the exploration of one’s inner landscape and centered around the process of transmuting pain into personal power through art and A.R.T therapy techniques such as automatic drawing, somatic journaling, and utilizing imagination to create new narratives of self. Ark’s visual work and vocal performance is fruit born from this healing journey. She is in pursuit of a master’s degree in art therapy with intent to encourage self-expression as a catalyst for self-empowerment in other bipoc and mentally disabled artists.