Happy birthday to Angela DiCosola AIR 2014. “Portals,Pathways & Perceptions” was the title of her final show. “The natural process of mutation as a mechanism of change is central to our notion of individualism and uniqueness. My work lies in our re-evaluation of self-identity and individualism examined through societal perceptions of beauty, normalcy, desirability and value in juxtaposition with that perceived as repulsive, odd, expendable, undesirable and common place. My cr