Scapegoat Child Lost: Redemption Year, the Great Unlearning is a deeply personal and socially engaged exhibition that examines the lasting effects of childhood (sexual) violence, abuse of power, and intergenerational harm. Drawing from experiences within a military family, as well as late-life understandings of neurodiversity and chronic illness, the artist transforms the gallery into a participatory environment for collective reflection and healing.

The Scapegoat is usually a victim of emotional and physical abuse by the narcissistic parent. The Lost Child is usually known as “the quiet one” or “the dreamer”. The Lost Child is the invisible child. They try to escape the family situation by making themselves very small and quiet.

Through object-based work, text, and community-centered art-making, the exhibition interrogates how abuse persists not only through individual actions but through systems that normalize silence and protect harm.
Centering the experiences of those who have lost a sense of safety in childhood, the work ultimately gestures toward care, accountability, and the reconstruction of self.