2025 Kennedy Prize Catalogue

139 | They/them | Yvonne East | $12000 | Oil on Belgian Linen

Beauty does not belong to a gender. I am the mother of a 19-year-old trans person. The world can be a frightening place for people who don’t adhere to those who want to control gender stereotypes. I painted this portrait to show my adult child how I see them, a beautiful person with a gentle soul, worthy of love, with the right to live peacefully.