Joseph Parra.

Joseph Parra is a print-based artist. He creates screen prints of human figures and faces, distinctly transformed by abnormal marks, folds of paper, and various textures. For Parra, the edits of the figure in his work are to take the traditional subject matter to another level. He states on his website, “For the figure to become more than a combination of forms, one must dive deeper and reveal something that is otherwise unseen. In challenging conventional portraiture, I expel the physical features of an appropriated individual and expose layers to reflect the varied constructions of what it is to be human.”