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Medium: Sculpture treated with Kintsugi
Dimensions: 10”x6”x1.25”
“This ceramic was hand sculpted; forged in the kiln, it became solid and strong. The shape resembles women's unique anatomy. It was broken as a metaphor for women who have dealt with abuse, shame, and injustice. However, the form was reassembled with Kintsugi, a Japanese philosophy that embraces imperfection and honors the beauty of repair. The Kintsugi technique was used to represent women healing our wounds, and gilding them into beauty and power in their restoration.
This piece is for all the women who have been broken that managed to heal and renew themselves with even more astounding beauty. A recent example are the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. After years of silence, legal battles, and limited accountability, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse are reclaiming their voices—each act of truth-telling a form of repair. In September 2025, many came to Capitol Hill to share their stories publicly, demanding transparency and the release of all Epstein files held by the U.S. Department of Justice. Their courage mirrors the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi, an art form that embraces imperfection and honors the beauty of repair. Just as broken pottery is mended with veins of gold, transforming its fractures into strength, these survivors illuminate their own scars—not as marks of shame, but as testaments to resilience, truth, and transformation. Through collective advocacy, they are turning trauma into power, demanding that justice itself undergo repair. Like Kintsugi, their stories remind us that healing does not erase damage—it gilds it, revealing beauty in what has been broken and strength in what has endured.”
Citizen Kane is a Costa Mesa–based artist whose work draws on her love for people, science, and social equality. She studied Physiology at Michigan State University and completed neuroscience research internships at The Rockefeller University in New York and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Combining her scientific background with a deep commitment to social justice, Kane creates thought-provoking, subversive works that challenge the status quo and invite reflection on the systems that shape human experience.
Medium: Sculpture treated with Kintsugi
Dimensions: 10”x6”x1.25”
“This ceramic was hand sculpted; forged in the kiln, it became solid and strong. The shape resembles women's unique anatomy. It was broken as a metaphor for women who have dealt with abuse, shame, and injustice. However, the form was reassembled with Kintsugi, a Japanese philosophy that embraces imperfection and honors the beauty of repair. The Kintsugi technique was used to represent women healing our wounds, and gilding them into beauty and power in their restoration.
This piece is for all the women who have been broken that managed to heal and renew themselves with even more astounding beauty. A recent example are the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. After years of silence, legal battles, and limited accountability, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse are reclaiming their voices—each act of truth-telling a form of repair. In September 2025, many came to Capitol Hill to share their stories publicly, demanding transparency and the release of all Epstein files held by the U.S. Department of Justice. Their courage mirrors the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi, an art form that embraces imperfection and honors the beauty of repair. Just as broken pottery is mended with veins of gold, transforming its fractures into strength, these survivors illuminate their own scars—not as marks of shame, but as testaments to resilience, truth, and transformation. Through collective advocacy, they are turning trauma into power, demanding that justice itself undergo repair. Like Kintsugi, their stories remind us that healing does not erase damage—it gilds it, revealing beauty in what has been broken and strength in what has endured.”
Citizen Kane is a Costa Mesa–based artist whose work draws on her love for people, science, and social equality. She studied Physiology at Michigan State University and completed neuroscience research internships at The Rockefeller University in New York and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Combining her scientific background with a deep commitment to social justice, Kane creates thought-provoking, subversive works that challenge the status quo and invite reflection on the systems that shape human experience.