Recent @byuart graduate Madyson Ysasaga has had an unconventional road to graduation, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.
"I often wonder what my art practice would be like right now if my double lung transplant had not happened in the middle of my BYU career. It is one of those experiences from which there was no coming back. Someone died so I could keep on living. It is only through that intense physical change that my perspective changed—my perspective on mortality, in particular."
"This past year I made a piece titled ‘Invisible Illness.’ For this piece, I put a white and blue printed hospital gown onto a female mannequin. The exposed limbs, head and back had decals adhered to the surfaces that matched the print of the hospital gown. This piece gave me an increased understanding of how to express what I have experienced my entire life. More than anything, this piece is a plea for empathy."
Read more about the piece she created and her story, in her own words, on our link in bio. #cfacgrad