MEET THE ARTISTS
Anne Adams @adamsanne
Anne Adams is an interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, collage, photography and video. She is from Southern Kaduna State of Nigeria. Her sculptures are anthropomorphic, existing in a perennial state of transit, reflecting the fluidity of time and space, the ambiguity of being, and the ongoing negotiation of selfhood in a complex interconnected world. Adams’s practice investigates and explores hybridity, reflecting on the nuances of identity and identity formation within a post-colonial, post-human and post-feminist framework. In her work, she sees the potential for everything to be and exist in multiples, embracing plurality and rejecting monolithic/homogeneous narratives of truth, reason and identity. In this way, she creates work that embodies transcending and evolving in-between dimensions of the past, present and future, human/nonhuman, abstract and figural, self and the other.
Cameron Barker @cameronbarker.artworks
Cameron Barker (he/they) is a Brooklyn based multi-disciplinary artist and educator whose work centers around visibility of queer intimacy. Born in Longmont, Colorado, Barker received a BA in art education from The University of Northern Colorado and a MFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. As a queer Jew, Barker has been interested in destabilizing cultural systems that force communities to engage in closeting to avoid persecution. His work implements traditional rendering practices and materials from the Western canon, such as the Bargue Drawing Method and metal-point, to represent queer bodies which have been historically absent from these practices. Barker is an awardee of a Post-Grad fellowship in curation at Tufts University, a Mass Cultural Council's Artist Fellow, and a Room 68 Artist residency. He is currently a part-time lecturer at Yale University and editor of the Boston Printmakers Quarterly.
Mia Fabrizio @mia.fabrizio
"I am an interdisciplinary artist. Multilayered concepts relating to identity and social constructs are presented through a variety of artistic mediums and processes. Mixed media portraits, sculptures and installations are composed of building materials and domestic items. Consumed with hidden and exposed structure, my investigation of physical construction, cultural paradigms and their relationship originates from the framework most familiar to me, the house in which I grew up. Contradictions within this space spark my desire to highlight the fluidity of perceived binaries, particularly those relating to feminine and masculine, public and private and modern and traditional.Ascribing to the visual context of home as well as the ethos of homemade, I paint, adhere, carve and chip away at materials that include plywood, drywall and paper. I vacillate between tearing apart and tenderly memorializing my personal family experience while raising questions related to immigrant status, feminism, and queerness."
Marla McLeod @marlamcleodart
"My paintings and textile works investigate how history and race relate to the power of the black body by combating false narratives and exploring the creation of new ones. Uniting symbolism from both Black history and contemporary Black culture, I aim to decipher dehumanizing representations of black people from the past, while simultaneously emphasizing symbols of pride and power found in today’s Black American culture. McLeod is currently an Adjunct Professor at Southern Connecticut State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
DeJeonge Reese @dejeongeart
"I am a visual artist whose passions led me to explore the various facets of identity, specifically the body and beauty ideals among women of color. My inspiration is drawn from my identity as a Black woman, especially regarding the past and present discourses surrounding Black hair and beauty expectations. When I started to re-identify myself through my natural hair, I became impacted enough to explore these themes and ideas through my art. I mine these themes through mediums such as mixed media sculpture, installations, and performances. Therefore, contributing to on-going conversations on cultural identity as an African American woman."
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