JUNE ROMANCE is a love letter to my queer experience.
It is through creating wearable art that I am able to express how it feels to live within my transmasculine identity. It is when I adorn and embellish myself that I feel the most like a “boy”, like an imposter in a skirt or something. It feels so wrong and right, that it points me towards my transmasculinity — towards the performance of it all.
I hope to share this with the world, and for my garments to live alongside us. This is one of my dearest dreams, and I will be working hard to make it come true.
love, June
About the artist
Irene June Chau 趙愛倫 is a Taiwanese-American sculptor and performance artist from Portland, Oregon. He recently received his Master of Fine Arts from University of Texas at Austin. He is an accomplished visual artist, writer, educator, and now begins his garment journey.
He dreams of large-scale outdoor sculpture, a fulfilling teaching career, and a world of accessible slow fashion.
Currently, June lives in Dallas, Texas as a full time caretaker for his grandmother. He uses her sewing machine to create the works you see here for sale.
