Serena Jara is a multimedia artist making work about the effects of family dysfunction and rebuilding herself as an adult. Through photography, videos, music and painting, Jara unpacks apathy and love within herself and her relationships. After receiving mixed messages about the meaning of love as a young person, she explores contradictions in home life such as comfort and emptiness that follow her regardless of physical location. She depicts similar tensions between love and neglect in her paintings, using the medium to process childhood memories, including growing up with a disabled parent. The artist shows her struggle with seeking love as external validation, and uses her art to foster love from within in order to move on from the past.
