Kaylin Andres

Kaylin Marie Andres
Born May 28, 1985
Sacramento, California
Died November 21, 2016
Manhattan, New York City

Kaylin Marie Andres was a writer, artist, and fashion designer.[1]

Biography

She was born on May 28, 1985 in Sacramento, California. She graduated from El Camino Fundamental High School in 2003. When Andres was 23, in 2008, she was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma.[2] She was in her senior year at the California College of the Arts where she was studying fashion.[3]

While she was in treatment, she wrote about her experience in a blog called Cancer Is Not Funny.[2] For Andres, writing about what she was going through and using humor helped her cope with the experience.[3] Her experiences as a young adult with cancer were chronicled in season two of the MTV series, World of Jenks,[4] and in the comic book, Terminally Illin, published by Last Gasp.[3]

Andres also exhibited art at the Jenn Singer Gallery in Manhattan, New York City that related to her fight with cancer.[5] "Chemosynthesis" (2014) dealt with the grief of losing her health and accepting her cancer.[5] "Viaticum" (2016) is also about dealing with acceptance.[5] The works in "Viaticum" are self-portrait photographs printed on silk.[6]

Andres died on November 21, 2016 in Manhattan, New York City after an eight year battle with cancer.[7]

Andres is buried in Sacramento, California.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Andres, Kaylin (2013-03-04). "Once, Twice, Three Times Malady: My Love Affair With Cancer and Why I Decided to Tell the World". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  2. 1 2 Palmer, Tamara (23 April 2012). "Patient and Artist Laugh at Cancer in Comic Called Terminally Illin'". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Buck, Claudia (2017-03-25). "Facing cancer, young adults blog and draw their way through fears". The Sacramento Bee. ISSN 0890-5738. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Tamara (29 August 2012). "Creators of Cancer Ass-Kicking Comic Terminally Illin' Land on MTV". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  5. 1 2 3 Frank, Priscilla (2016-06-21). "Diagnosed With Rare Terminal Cancer, Artist Finds Acceptance Through Art". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  6. ↑ Herriman, Kat (2016-06-13). "In Art, a Terminally-Ill Artist Finds Infinity". Creators. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  7. ↑ "Kaylin Andres Obituary - Sacramento, California". Legacy.com. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
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