"Karsyn Prescott (he/they) is a transdisciplinary artist and emerging art therapist whose work explores the intersections of queerness, disability, and trauma. Rooted in personal narratives—scars, surgeries, and survival—Karsyn uses humor, irreverence, and found materials to center what is often unseen: dysphoria, embodiment, and emotional complexity. He is currently pursuing an MA in Counseling: Art Therapy at Adler University, where this exhibition also serves as his Social Justice Practicum project.

Unstraightened is a body of work that reclaims the messy, tangled process of healing. Through sculpture, painting, and mixed media, it speaks to the lived realities of being trans and disabled—on both micro (individual) and macro (systemic) levels. Drawing from his own experience navigating care systems in Miami, Florida and now Evanston, Illinois, Karsyn contrasts resource accessibility, community belonging, and the politics of visibility in different regions. This show is both personal and political: a space where scars are emphasized, not erased, and where survival becomes its own form of resistance."