Artist Statement

Photo: Hasan ul Haq

Have you ever caught that shadow out of the corner of your eye… Or a blurry figure in the woods that you can’t make out… Something that only comes out once in a while to create a commotion before retreating to its hidey-hole? That is Mystery. Mystery is also an emerging interdisciplinary artist based in New York with a specialization in theatre through a lens of the gothic, including studies of demonology, murder mysteries, cults, and ‫cryptozoology‬. As a disabled queer artist, they are found indoors creating sculptural art, writing, or tending to their carnivorous (and non-carnivorous) plants. They are deeply passionate about creating environments that are welcoming and encouraging in order to harbor these discussions through installation art and theatre. They are fascinated in conversations surrounding gender expression, invisible illness, and social inequalities, while using the gothic and horror as a lens to discuss the systems that suppress minorities.