Edie Fake’s paintings start as self-portraits, referencing elements of the trans and non-binary body through pattern, color and architectural metaphor. He is known for his work with alternative comics, including an award winning series Gaylord Phoenix and as co-founder of CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo), and more recently for vivid gouache and ink paintings, murals and architectural installations. His precise, intimately scaled, gouache-and-ink paintings on panel or paper are structural representations of the physical aspects of transition and adaptation as well as mental and sexual health.