Artist Statement

Justine “Tini” Stilborn draws inspiration from animation & cartoons, comic books, pin-up models, graffiti, video games, and popular culture as a whole. She's often found online as JusTini0069, paying homage to her love of spies, female sexuality, and all things campy.
Her work explores complex notions of identity from multiple perspectives. Since becoming a mother, Stilborn has turned her focus toward exploring her Indigenous identity, critically examining its intersection with commercialism and capitalism. By appropriating contemporary globalized visual culture and the new possibilities of manufacturing, she creates a seamless mix of high art and the lowbrow. Employing watercolours, pencil, and digital media, Stilborn crafts works with playful layers of meaning, tongue-in-cheek elements, and incisive social critique.