Transformation rests at the heart of Pharr’s practice. She envisions her figures as a mirror: reconciliation with her internal worth and self-compassion are both negotiated each time a figure is born. Documenting her transition into womanhood has been reliant on a necessary examination and collapse of false beliefs—choosing mixed media practices as a mode for mending relationships with self. Her fixation on self-esteem, particularly as it intersects with the lack of intrinsic and physical consideration of marginalized bodies in the American South, has shaped an interest in broadening the scope of representation within the historical context of figure drawing. Her figures transcend the limitations of naturalistic representation by shapeshifting in a riot of gestural marks, their contours fluid and ambiguous and exempt from the confines of societal scrutiny. Choosing to draw bodies without the natural form in mind allows them to exist away from the constraints placed upon her own.

Pharr has had solo exhibitions at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Scott Miller Projects, and Bells Gallery. Group exhibitions include the Gadsden Museum of Art and the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts. She holds a BFA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.