Английская Википедия:Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.

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Шаблон:Short description Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. (born 1993)[1] is a queer black American artist and photographer. In 2019 they received an Emerging Visual Arts Grant by The Rema Hort Mann Foundation.[2]

Early life and education

In 2017, Brown graduated with a BFA from New York University[3][4] at the Tisch School of Arts. They also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2017.[4]

Work

Brown's work is inspired by Deana Lawson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Lorna Simpson.[3] Their work started with a focus on self portraiture to examine the complexities of gender and identity.[4] Brown's work speaks to the black queer body by using the intimacy of portraiture as a means to question preconceived notions of maleness and blackness.[5]

Brown has been commissioned by media outlets and fashion designers, including New York Magazine,[3] Gayletter Magazine,[3] The New Yorker,[6][7] Vice,[8] Teen Vogue, Dazed, W Magazine,[9][10] and Telfar Clemens.[11] Their work has been featured by W Magazine,[12][13] Vice,[4] and The Fader.[3]

In 2017, Brown co-curated the seventh annual "Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair" with Devin N. Morris, titled Rock Paper Scissors and a Three-Armed Shovel.[14]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Arms to pray with, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York City, 2019[2]

Group exhibitions

  • Stranger Thing, Outpost Artists Resources, Ridgewood, NY, 2017[15]
  • Four, Sargents' Daughters, New York City, 2018[16]
  • Daybreak: New Affirmations in Queer Photography, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York City, 2018[17]
  • Do You Love Me?, P.P.O.W., New York City, 2019[18]
  • On Refusal: Representation & Resistance in Contemporary American Art, The Mac, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2019[19][20]
  • Quiver of Voices, LTD Los Angeles, online exhibition, 2020[21]
  • Mien, TRNK, online exhibition, 2020[22][23][24]

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