Kimmie Dearest (she/they) is a queer Filipina-American, NYC-based artist, writer, and all-purpose nonbinary troublemaker.
kimmie explores queerness, place, neurodivergence, connection, disposability, (be)longing, and gender through collage, ephemera, mail art, hand-lettering, textiles, and trash.
Recent Work
WANT TO WORK TOGETHER?
I’ve worked extensively with entrepreneurs, events, businesses, and social justice movements and organizations, and they have one thing in common— our values align.
Please read my values statement before you decide to work with me. If you are disinterested in challenging oppressions in the world, your business structures, and within yourself, I’m not a good fit for your project.
VALUES STATEMENT
Hi, I’m Kimmie. For over two decades, my sparkliest moments involve doing the work to build worlds for the marginalized & quirky ones:
worlds where racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, genocide, imperialism, and ableism aren’t tolerated; worlds where we thoughtfully destruct privilege and capitalism, acknowledging that these are systems we inhabit regularly and choose to actively destroy; worlds where relationships are actively repaired, abolition is a mission, and bodily autonomy and community care are pillars of our love.
As a community, we meet the world with bravery and curiosity. Gender is a construct, and we play with and explore gender with delight. Sex work is real work. Families come in many forms, and all consenting relationship structures are valid. There is no “cure” for being an autistic person. Accessibility is more than a wheelchair ramp—it’s a design principle.
If not us, then who?
be shy, say hi anyway
Tell me a little bit about the kind of work you want to do together. I’m excited to read all about you and your project!