james cao

Fourteen sequential illustrations each framed in an arched panel topped with a cross. Shows the process of stretching ears by size and events like infection.

Stretch

Ink on paper

12.4x24.7 inches

2024

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The back of a female nun taking off her long black dress. The marks of a corset appear on her skin.

Doctrine

Pan charcoal on paper

16x20 inches

2024

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Print layout of a card divided into four. Art and framing is in blue, black, and gold. Cover features a needle and golden angels. Inner design shows a gloved hand holding a piercing clamp surrounded by different pieces of body jewelry.

The Piercing Prayer

Digital

8x12 inches

2024

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Renaissance-style anatomical illustration. The left side has piercings and tattoos while the right side shows nerves and space for organs. Surrounding the figure are bread, the Eucharist, tattooed hands, split tongue, ocular implant, a wine goblet, grapes

Corpus Christi

Digital

11x17 inches

2024

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Indian man hangs in hook suspension from a curved beam. He wears a green cloth, headband, and ankle wraps. Oranges hang from threads hooked throughout his body. Behind him are green hills and a yellow-orange sky. Arched panel is yellow with blue accents.

Patron Saint of Pins

Acrylic & coloured pencil on wood

12x16 inches

2025

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African woman floats among pink clouds, looking up with arms at her sides, palm up. Scarification marks her face and body. She wears a purple cloth exposing one breast, jewelry, and a headdress of leaves and pink fruits. Arched panel is pink and purple.

Patron Saint of Pain

Acrylic & coloured pencil on wood

12x16 inches

2025

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Birth of Venus style painting of a transgender woman standing on a breast implant in the ocean. She has several silicone implants in her skin. A blue cloth around her torso flows in the wind. Arched panel is blue with orange accents.

Patron Saint of Plastic

Acrylic & coloured pencil on wood

12x16 inches

2025

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Three seated figures in red smocks are getting their hair done by guardian angels in blue robes and yellow halos. Pale yellow background has two gothic cathedral-style mirrors in gold.

Hair Angels

Alcohol marker & coloured pencil on board

12x20 inches

2025

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