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Artist: Elizabeth Hoverman (Findlay, Ohio)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2026 | Medium: Metal Print | Dimensions: 16x20 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D) | Digital work
Artist Statement
Fragmented Stares uses collage as a form of resistance by reflecting how my lived experience with invisible disabilities and rare conditions is often misunderstood. Instead of a single, clear image, the work is built from fragments. In my reality, it is shaped by multiple conditions that are connected but often treated separately.
The eyes represent the judgment and misunderstanding, but also the feeling of being constantly observed without being fully seen. It connects to the experience of navigating medical and social spaces where symptoms are noticed, but the full person is often overlooked.
The layered composition resists simplicity. Collage allows me to hold everything at once,pain, frustration, grief, and resilience,without needing to separate them. This reflects my daily experience, where physical and emotional effects are deeply connected, even when systems try to break them apart into individual diagnoses.
The trees suggest this separation. They represent how complex conditions are often divided instead of understood as interconnected.
The red color are the strong emotions that are hard to put into words, including anger, exhaustion, and survival.
This work needs to be in this room because collage itself becomes a form of survival. It challenges the idea that people or experiences must be neat or complete to be valid. *Fragmented Stares* asks viewers to sit with complexity and to see the full reality behind what is usually reduced or invisible.
About the Artist
Elizabeth is an award-winning photographer, “Rare Artist Awardee”, and rare disease advocate based in Findlay, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University. Elizabeth creates vibrant and emotionally charged artwork. She is inspired by nature, creative portraits and eyes. Through photography, digital media and arts, she reveals extraordinary beauty in ordinary moments. While also exploring themes of perception, identity, invisible illness, and hope.
Living with a rare genetic condition, Elizabeth uses her art to raise awareness. She encourages meaningful conversations about disability and chronic illness. As a “two-time Rare Artist Awardee” and she has spoken in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the rare disease community. Elizabeth has been recognized locally and internationally. Her work has been exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art and the Toledo Museum of Art. She invites viewers to look closer, connect more deeply, and discover beauty in unexpected places.
https://www.instagram.com/ehcreativephotography/
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Elizabeth Hoverman (Findlay, Ohio)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2026 | Medium: Metal Print | Dimensions: 16x20 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D) | Digital work
Artist Statement
Fragmented Stares uses collage as a form of resistance by reflecting how my lived experience with invisible disabilities and rare conditions is often misunderstood. Instead of a single, clear image, the work is built from fragments. In my reality, it is shaped by multiple conditions that are connected but often treated separately.
The eyes represent the judgment and misunderstanding, but also the feeling of being constantly observed without being fully seen. It connects to the experience of navigating medical and social spaces where symptoms are noticed, but the full person is often overlooked.
The layered composition resists simplicity. Collage allows me to hold everything at once,pain, frustration, grief, and resilience,without needing to separate them. This reflects my daily experience, where physical and emotional effects are deeply connected, even when systems try to break them apart into individual diagnoses.
The trees suggest this separation. They represent how complex conditions are often divided instead of understood as interconnected.
The red color are the strong emotions that are hard to put into words, including anger, exhaustion, and survival.
This work needs to be in this room because collage itself becomes a form of survival. It challenges the idea that people or experiences must be neat or complete to be valid. *Fragmented Stares* asks viewers to sit with complexity and to see the full reality behind what is usually reduced or invisible.
About the Artist
Elizabeth is an award-winning photographer, “Rare Artist Awardee”, and rare disease advocate based in Findlay, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University. Elizabeth creates vibrant and emotionally charged artwork. She is inspired by nature, creative portraits and eyes. Through photography, digital media and arts, she reveals extraordinary beauty in ordinary moments. While also exploring themes of perception, identity, invisible illness, and hope.
Living with a rare genetic condition, Elizabeth uses her art to raise awareness. She encourages meaningful conversations about disability and chronic illness. As a “two-time Rare Artist Awardee” and she has spoken in Washington, D.C., to advocate for the rare disease community. Elizabeth has been recognized locally and internationally. Her work has been exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art and the Toledo Museum of Art. She invites viewers to look closer, connect more deeply, and discover beauty in unexpected places.
https://www.instagram.com/ehcreativephotography/
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.