Emerging Artists Exposed is a film series devoted to emerging artists working across the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region, offering a closer look at the personal experiences, creative processes, and ideas that shape their practices. Directed and edited by Shawn Daniell for AEQAI, the series approaches each artist through conversation, allowing individual voices and working methods to take precedence over conventional biography.

In this installment, Sara Corley reflects on an unexpected path from business studies to the visual arts and on the development of a practice centered on the human body, illness, memory, and personal medical histories. Corley's work grows from direct conversations with others, transforming intimate accounts of vulnerability, discomfort, and physical experience into visual compositions. The interview also touches on questions of gender, artistic identity, and the importance of understanding the personal motivations that sustain a creative practice.