2026 | Collage, Acrylic and Resin on Wood | Original Framed Artwork
She is more than her age. Her measurements. Her desirability. Her assigned value.
In I Am Not a Number, contemporary artist Alissa Van Atta challenges the systems that attempt to quantify female identity, reducing the complexity of a human being to a collection of statistics, classifications, and expectations.
Part of Van Atta's The Price of Her collection, the artwork borrows the unmistakable graphic language of commercial barcodes and numerical identification to question the ways women are measured, evaluated, and assigned worth.
A narrow barcode stretches vertically along the left edge of the composition, while oversized black numerals occupy the surrounding white space. Between these imposing graphic elements, the lightly handwritten words i am not a number introduce a distinctly personal voice.
The contrast is deliberate.
Barcodes and numbers are designed to simplify identification. They eliminate ambiguity, replacing the unique characteristics of individual objects with standardized information that can be recorded, sorted, compared, and processed.
But a woman's identity cannot be reduced to a numerical value.
From age and clothing size to weight, beauty standards, professional rankings, and social-media metrics, women encounter countless systems that attempt to define their worth through measurement. These numbers can become instruments of comparison, reinforcing the assumption that a woman's value depends upon how closely she meets someone else's expectations.
I Am Not a Number confronts this tendency through a visual language that is both immediately recognizable and deliberately impersonal.
The oversized numerals command attention, while the handwritten statement appears almost fragile by comparison. Yet it is precisely this quiet declaration that disrupts the authority of the graphic system surrounding it.
The simplicity of the composition allows the tension between classification and individuality to remain unresolved. The numbers are highly visible, but they reveal nothing meaningful about the person whose identity the title defends.
Created using collage, acrylic, and resin on wood, the artwork combines the crisp visual precision of commercial graphics with the intimate irregularity of handwriting. Its glossy resin surface recalls the polished presentation of consumer products, adding another layer of irony to its rejection of commodification.
Through its minimalist design and pointed message, the artwork challenges viewers to reconsider the difference between measuring a person and understanding them.
A woman is not the sum of her measurements, the number of years she has lived, the attention she receives, or the value assigned to her by others.
You can count the numbers. You cannot calculate her worth.
Artist: Alissa Van Atta
Title: I Am Not a Number
Year: 2026
Medium: Collage, Acrylic and Resin on Wood
Artwork Dimensions: 6 H × 6 W × 1 D inches
Framed Dimensions: 7 H × 7 W × 1.5 D inches
Original: One-of-a-kind mixed media artwork
Signed: Yes
Presentation: Black frame included
Collection: The Price of Her
Price: $195
Availability: Available
Original artwork by Alissa Van Atta. Carefully packaged for shipping with protection appropriate for the resin-finished surface and frame.
2026 | Collage, Acrylic and Resin on Wood | Original Framed Artwork
She is more than her age. Her measurements. Her desirability. Her assigned value.
In I Am Not a Number, contemporary artist Alissa Van Atta challenges the systems that attempt to quantify female identity, reducing the complexity of a human being to a collection of statistics, classifications, and expectations.
Part of Van Atta's The Price of Her collection, the artwork borrows the unmistakable graphic language of commercial barcodes and numerical identification to question the ways women are measured, evaluated, and assigned worth.
A narrow barcode stretches vertically along the left edge of the composition, while oversized black numerals occupy the surrounding white space. Between these imposing graphic elements, the lightly handwritten words i am not a number introduce a distinctly personal voice.
The contrast is deliberate.
Barcodes and numbers are designed to simplify identification. They eliminate ambiguity, replacing the unique characteristics of individual objects with standardized information that can be recorded, sorted, compared, and processed.
But a woman's identity cannot be reduced to a numerical value.
From age and clothing size to weight, beauty standards, professional rankings, and social-media metrics, women encounter countless systems that attempt to define their worth through measurement. These numbers can become instruments of comparison, reinforcing the assumption that a woman's value depends upon how closely she meets someone else's expectations.
I Am Not a Number confronts this tendency through a visual language that is both immediately recognizable and deliberately impersonal.
The oversized numerals command attention, while the handwritten statement appears almost fragile by comparison. Yet it is precisely this quiet declaration that disrupts the authority of the graphic system surrounding it.
The simplicity of the composition allows the tension between classification and individuality to remain unresolved. The numbers are highly visible, but they reveal nothing meaningful about the person whose identity the title defends.
Created using collage, acrylic, and resin on wood, the artwork combines the crisp visual precision of commercial graphics with the intimate irregularity of handwriting. Its glossy resin surface recalls the polished presentation of consumer products, adding another layer of irony to its rejection of commodification.
Through its minimalist design and pointed message, the artwork challenges viewers to reconsider the difference between measuring a person and understanding them.
A woman is not the sum of her measurements, the number of years she has lived, the attention she receives, or the value assigned to her by others.
You can count the numbers. You cannot calculate her worth.
Artist: Alissa Van Atta
Title: I Am Not a Number
Year: 2026
Medium: Collage, Acrylic and Resin on Wood
Artwork Dimensions: 6 H × 6 W × 1 D inches
Framed Dimensions: 7 H × 7 W × 1.5 D inches
Original: One-of-a-kind mixed media artwork
Signed: Yes
Presentation: Black frame included
Collection: The Price of Her
Price: $195
Availability: Available
Original artwork by Alissa Van Atta. Carefully packaged for shipping with protection appropriate for the resin-finished surface and frame.
