Trauma Plaques is a series of hand-drawn works inspired by Surrealism—particularly the practice of Frida Kahlo—that translates memories, dreams, and fragments of childhood into intimate, image-based narratives rooted in family dysfunction and early trauma. Drawing on symbolic imagery, bodily metaphor, and dream logic, the plaques function as quiet sites of reflection where personal history is rendered nonlinear and emotionally charged rather than resolved. The plaque format is deliberately employed for its cultural association with commemoration, authority, and what is deemed worthy of honour and public display, creating a pointed contrast with the private, often unheard or unspoken realities of trauma and family histories. Through drawing and inscription, memory is approached as unstable and reconstructed—shaped by imagination as much as lived experience—allowing fear, care, confusion, and resilience to coexist. Collectively, Trauma Plaques reframes trauma as an ongoing psychological landscape, inviting viewers to encounter vulnerability through symbolism, absence, and lingering emotional residue rather than literal representation.