Alex Coffee and Piper Ruwe
Rochester’s Pride Month artists are Alex Coffey and Piper Ruwe. Both are students at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Alex Coffey is an artist who examines the relationships between feminine handicrafts, photography and painting. Her layered works are meant to explore where to place herself in both the craft and art world as a trans woman. Coffey’s work blurs the lines between analog and digital processes, with lace objects and marks revealing, hiding, and highlighting the particular imagery she is working with. She sees the self as a means of transformation through this process. The manipulation of her image is a way to redefine her identity through lace and its impact on femininity throughout history. By creating her lace she reconstructs herself altogether.
Piper Ruwe is a Kansas City based interdisciplinary artist and film photographer. Her work approaches the themes of LGBTQ+ history, femininity, personhood, and industry. She is a candidate to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kansas City Art Institute in 2025. Alongside her studio practice, she works in the KCAI Photography/Film department as Gallery Supervisor.
At Rochester Brewing and Roasting, we are proud to support local artists. You can see Alex’s and Piper’s work at our Crossroads brewery and coffee shop at 2129 Washington, KCMO.
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