The Recovery Drawings, 2023
Colored pencil on paper

Solo exhibition at Gallery CPAG in Chicago, IL

While recovering from a hysterectomy, Sykes processed her personal experience by creating this series. Although deeply private in nature, Sykes decided to exhibit the work, motivated to share her experiences in order to break down taboos around the aging female body, and to act as a voice in the midst of highly contested decisions about women's health care taking place in legal realms.