This piece was created as part of the 2021 Senior BFA Exhibition at the Southern Utah Museum of Art, where it was on display from March until May alongside the work of other graduates.
From SUMA's website:
"The Senior B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition showcases the culmination of each graduating art student’s time in the Art Department at SUU. The students’ capstone projects will be on display, demonstrating their ability to visualize, develop, and create a cohesive body of work to kick start their careers in the professional art world. This exhibit will include work from a variety of artistic disciplines: art education, graphic design, ceramics, sculpture, illustration, photography, painting, drawing, and printmaking."
"The Senior B.F.A. Capstone Exhibition showcases the culmination of each graduating art student’s time in the Art Department at SUU. The students’ capstone projects will be on display, demonstrating their ability to visualize, develop, and create a cohesive body of work to kick start their careers in the professional art world. This exhibit will include work from a variety of artistic disciplines: art education, graphic design, ceramics, sculpture, illustration, photography, painting, drawing, and printmaking."
The artist's statement:
"Handshake is a small, educational exhibition aimed at increasing public awareness of tremors. I hope that, by reading the information gathered on these few posters, people are able to open their minds not just to what tremors are and how common they may be, but what people with tremors are capable of. I am a designer who has lived with an intention tremor for as long as I can recall. As such, there typically comes a time in my interpersonal relationships where I am asked about my trembling hands. I feel no shame about my condition and am happy to educate those around me, but doing so so frequently can become taxing. This is what gave me the idea to create Handshake."
"Handshake is a small, educational exhibition aimed at increasing public awareness of tremors. I hope that, by reading the information gathered on these few posters, people are able to open their minds not just to what tremors are and how common they may be, but what people with tremors are capable of. I am a designer who has lived with an intention tremor for as long as I can recall. As such, there typically comes a time in my interpersonal relationships where I am asked about my trembling hands. I feel no shame about my condition and am happy to educate those around me, but doing so so frequently can become taxing. This is what gave me the idea to create Handshake."
Handshake was exhibited again as part of AIGA SLC's The 100 Show in 2021.