The Woman Series is an art series in four pieces - and a tribute to all things feminine. To the brutal, cyclical, soft, bloody, restrictive, creative and life-affirming experience it is to be a woman.
This first piece is called "Sitting with it". It portrays a woman sitting with it all.
Why Mio started this art project:
I, like so many other women, have had my struggles - both with my own body and with the framework of the so-called "system". The healthcare institutions that are not always too keen on helping with my sometimes vauge - sometimes not so vauge - “womanly” pains.
I've spent hours of lonely research - trying to piece together an outline of the female body, and its wants, needs and patterns.
A difficult task within a society and a healthcare system that largely prioritize and surrender to male anatomy.
This series is my attempt to make a difference.