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Eden Ori
is a multiply disabled qtcrip interdisciplinary artist, musician, and academic living and working on unceded ancestral Piscataway Conoy & Susquehannock lands ("Baltimore, MD") / Peoria, Myaamia(ki), & Bodwéwadmi lands ("Chicago, IL"), Turtle Island.

Eden holds a B.A. in Psychology from UMBC, with additional minors and certifications in music composition and performance, research, and dialogue facilitation. They specialize in disability justice advocacy & care work. Eden primarily focuses on (qt)crip kinship, Mad liberation, survivorship advocacy, and food justice. Their art examines embodiment, kinship, grief, restoration, and perception of the transient boundaries between natural and artificial.

Ze have interests in animal behaviorism, ecological restoration, folk arts/culture, music performance, computer programming, linguistics, ethnomusicology, and more. Eden also enjoys sustainable agriculture & apiculture, boxing, textile arts, teaching ceramics, editorial work, digital archival/preservation, and wildlife education. Please direct commission inquiries to their email. Occasionally, one-off projects, such as those in their portfolio, become available. Eden is available for consulting for work outside of the arts. Feel free to follow their social media or message them directly to keep up with their work. :]


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