Artist Jamil Hellu has a current survey exhibition Jamil Hellu: Together at SF Camera Works in San Francisco that closes on March 14th, 2020. The exhibition is a compilation of several projects, but today we focus on Hues, a performative portraiture series about cultural lineages and queerness. As a an immigrant from Brazil with a Syrian […]
Identity
Matt Storm: Act of Looking
Photographer Matt Storm reveals the intentions for his project, Act of Looking, in his statement, “I’m transgender. I rarely see bodies like mine, represented in photography and art. Sometimes, I see images of transgender people, made by non-transgender artists, for non-transgender audiences, and they feel disappointingly flat.” I am a big believer that the most […]
Art + Science: Blood and Kin: K.K. DePaul
Artist, photographer, educator, and gallery director, K.K DePaul examines themes of memory and family secrets by creating visual narratives. The art pieces from her series Between the Lines tear apart and reconstruct multiple sides of the personal untold story of her grandfather who was hanged for murder. She creates assemblages using photographs, text, and a […]
Art + Science: Blood and Kin: Michelle Rogers Pritzl
Michelle Rogers Pritzl is an artist based in New York. In her series Not Waving But Drowning, she visually gives voice to the psychological torment endured within the confines of her former marriage. Many people make sacrifices in order to keep family together or to adhere to others’ expectations. It takes strength and courage to […]
Art + Science: Blood and Kin: JP Terlizzi
JP Terlizzi is an artist based in Manhattan, NY. His work focuses on memory and identity. In his series Descendants, he creates art pieces that envision physical and emotional connections between himself and his family lineage. He creates art constructions, combining paper and pigment ink (photographs of his ancestors), cloth (pieces of string) blood and […]
Art + Science: Blood and Kin: Michael Koerner
Michael Koerner, Ph.D. (b. 1963) is a scientist and a photographer who specializes in historic/alternative photographic processes. As a scientist and organic chemistry professor, he conducts scientific research. In his series My DNA, he experimented for years with chemical reactions to create organic abstractions using tintype process. Yet, beyond aesthetics, his work reflects the story […]