Elliot Cushey (He/They) is a transgender print and alternative process-based artist from Central Pennsylvania. He is currently a candidate for a Master’s of Fine Arts at Kent State University in print media and photography, and received his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Millersville University. Their work explores pleasure and joy within transgender identity, oftentimes using personal material to give the viewer insight to their point of view and lived experiences. Research is integral to his work, mainly queer and gender theory texts, as well as studying feminist approaches to art making. The use of text is consistent throughout his body of work and is used as an attempt to communicate nuances of identity while simultaneously acknowledging that no amount of communication can fully encompass the entirety of one’s identity. He hopes to elevate the topic of trans identity within fine art through a high level of craft and innovative experimentation of the print medium. He considers alternative process and print as “othered” within fine art and finds this similar to the dynamics of his queerness.