Talon is a queer Korean transracial, transnational adoption survivor and emerging found poetry analog paper collage artist. She uses collage as a form of resistance to disrupt the adoptee narrative. At the intersection of identity, lack of ancestry, adoptee sovereignty and abolition, through her practice she invites critical inquiry of white saviorism's role in transnational,
transracial adoption. Therefore, her work is not just a collage; it is a catalyst, an attestation, and a belief in the power of transformation.

The purpose of the two pieces submitted is to inform and offer an adoptee's perspective that not everything is happily ever after once a "forever family" is found, nor should that be adoption's primary purpose. After viewing, the intent for the audience is to be more curious about the transactional legacy of adoption in this country, particularly its effects on transracial, transnational adoptees. Or at the very least ask, who actually benefits from adoption?

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