Be Not Afraid
Be Not Afraid is the debut solo exhibition by KT Seibert (aka Seibot), a collection of paintings, stained glass, and devotional icons made during a year of personal upheaval, transformation, and creative reckoning. The show reimagines Catholic and Orthodox visual language through a queer and trans lens—infusing traditional symbols like sacred hearts, halos, and crosses with bright color, glitter, and defiant joy.
Raised Catholic, and deeply influenced by the Russian Orthodox icons painted and collected by their great-grandfather, Seibot creates work that’s both reverent and subversive—an altar of bright resistance built from the inherited materials of their upbringing. “I’ve always felt I’d be queer and trans in any era,” they explain. “If I had been born in medieval times, I would’ve joined a monastery and spent my life making painstakingly detailed religious art.” That thought experiment became a guiding force in the work.
The title, drawn from one of the Bible’s most repeated phrases, isn’t about fearlessness—it’s about trusting the process. “It’s what angels say when they arrive. It’s what God says to people. It’s what people say to each other. We’re allowed to be afraid, and still be okay.
Each piece is a prayer, a process, a portrait of survival. Expect serpents, stars, sacred hearts, keys, and flames. Heavy themes, wrapped in radiant color.
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