CONTENT NOT FOUND
CONTENT NOT FOUND is a response to erasure. A record of resistance.
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14151, titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.” The order required all federal departments to terminate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts, including removing any imagery on government websites that could be seen as promoting DEI.
In the weeks that followed, thousands of images started to vanish. Entire archives were wiped without notice. History was quietly deleted.
My series CONTENT NOT FOUND is a direct response to this erasure. These paintings reclaim the presence of those who were once honored, then scrubbed. Each work begins with images that were publicly accessible, part of our shared record, now removed.
When the "scrubbing" began in early 2025, I started collecting what I could. I raced to download images still visible in cached pages before they disappeared. As I started searching, I uncovered new ways and programs to locate lost images. READ MORE ABOUT PROCESS HERE
STATEMENT FROM THE ARTIST
This piece is about resistance.
The women in this painting contributed to our history and our country’s well-being. They served, they led, they showed up. But because they didn’t fit the mold of what the administration believed should be represented, they were cut. That’s what DEI was created to address: the erasure of people who weren’t traditionally centered. So they were simply removed from public record. Because they were women, they didn’t count.
I spent months digging through digital archives and government caches to find them again. Most of the original pages were gone. I used the Wayback Machine, Photoshop, AI tools, and forensic-level research to reconstruct and reformat each image.
Then came the physical process, transferring each portrait onto canvas through a technique I developed, scrubbing away layers of paper to reveal what they tried to hide. Each woman is preserved or on canvas and again on my website, where a QR code next to the painting leads to their names and any other information I could uncover. This project doesn’t just show what was lost - it holds the people who were supposed to disappear. It confronts the administration’s actions and insists on accountability. This is documentation of what was done - and a commitment to remember, so it can’t be done again.
The following images are the 72 that I found and incorporated into the artwork above. Some did not include identifying details such as name or rank, but all were part of the group that had been ordered removed. Since creating the artwork, a few of these images have been restored online.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison, First African-American woman in space.
Col. Nicole Malachowski, Retired US Air Force officer and first female pilot to fly as part of the USAF Thunderbirds
Sgt. Krysteena Scales, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron flying crew chief and was part of an all-female flight crew
Elizabeth L. Gardner, One of the first American female pilot during WW II who served as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
Christina Kotch, Nasa astronaut and American engineer.
Amelia Earhart, She was the first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean and set many other records.
Rosemary Ferreira, is a planetary science and astronomy professional who interned at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in 2022 and was later hired full-time in early 2024 and let go in 2025 because of “policy shifts”.
Saleha Jabeen, is a United States Air Force officer. In 2019, she was commissioned as the first female Muslim chaplain candidate in the history of the United States military.
Zoe Kotnik, is the first female commander and pilot of the United States Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team
Minnie Spotted Wolf, was one of the first Native American women to enlist in the United States Marine Corps
Ola Mildred Rexroat, Ola Mildred Rexroat was the only Native American woman to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots
Catherine Didion, speaking on advancing opportunities for women in aerospace innovation and STEM leadership
Barbara Askins, an American chemist, developed a NASA-used method to enhance underexposed photos. Named National Inventor of the Year, 1978
Emily J.T. Perez, the first black female officer in U.S. military history to die in combat and the first female graduate of West Point to die in Iraq
Eileen Collins, A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission
Jessica Meir, is an American NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist
Carey Lohrenz, is a former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy who was one of the first fully qualified female naval aviators to fly the F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. military
Christa McAuliffe & Barbara Morgan, Christa McAuliffe, NASA’s first Teacher in Space, and her backup Barbara Morgan, who later became an astronaut, shown together before the Challenger mission.
Eileen Collins, (2nd of 2 images removed) A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission
Ashlee Ibarra, 20 years U.S. Army
Unidentified, “Celebrating Women’s History Month”
Sally Ride, is now recognized as the first LGBTQ+ astronaut. In 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger
Wesley Bartels, U.S. Air Force Captain
Rachel Wheeler, U.S. Air Force Nurse Practitioner
”Career Woman”, At NASA Lewis Research Center
Taylor Petersen, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.
Amber Razi, Petty Officer 3rd Class
Taylor Eager, is a medical maintenance section chief for the 2nd Healthcare Operations Squadron
Laila R. Robinson, Petty Officer 3rd Class, Coast Guard Sector
Kristen Beals, U.S. Air Force 60th Medical Group
Iris Ortiz Gonzalez, 374th Dental Squadron (DS) commander
Evelyn Pollard, serves at the executive assistant to the U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School Command Sergeant Major
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Jessica “Sting” Peterson, Instructor Flight Test Engineer for the United States Air Force Test Pilot School
”Female Marine Air Traffic Controllers during Korean War”
Kitty Joyner, was the first female engineer to be hired by the agency that would become NASA
Angelina Salinas, the first woman to command a Marine Corps Recruit Depot, and the first Hispanic woman to become a general in the Marines
Annie Belle Andrews, is a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and former FAA HR chief, the third African-American woman to reach that Navy rank
Anne McClain, is a colonel in the United States Army, an engineer, and a NASA astronaut
Samantha Williams, No further details
Kaitlyn Besse, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman loadmaster assigned to the 21st Airlift Squadron
Melissa Erb, Chief Master Sgt. 72nd Air Base Wing command chief
Frances Igboeli, U.S. Army Capt., battalion chaplain, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Michelle Link, commanding officer for the 372nd Engineer Brigade
Tiffany Cunha, 8th Fighter Wing command chief executive assistant
Rachel Gonzales, Executive Officer, 3rd Supply Bn.
Yakita Zachary, 9th Maintenance Group section chief of maintenance management analysis
Maj. Kristen Griest, is one of the first women to graduate from the United States Army Ranger School and was ranked 34th on Fortune magazine's 2016 list of the World's Greatest Leaders
Lori Piestewae, first Native American woman to die in combat while serving in the US military and the first woman in the US military killed in the Iraq War
Pam Melroy, Former astronaut and NASA Deputy Administrator.
Sgt. Stephanie Cervantes, Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps
Oluwapelumi Olaleye, U.S. Marine Corps Warrant Officer
Amelia Earhart, She was the first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean and set many other records.
Command Master Chief Nancy Estrada, Naval Air Station Sigonella, speaks at a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month celebration
Bessie Coleman, First African American and first Native American to hold a pilot license and is the earliest known black person to earn an international pilot’s license.
Catherine Johnson, American mathematician who played a vital role in NASA missions during the Space Race.
Captian Kelsey Glover, 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and a crew chief
Lisa Jaster, United States Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and engineer officer
