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ARTPRIZE 2024
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kendall College of Art & Design
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ARTPRiZE 2022 A/V Installation @Kendall College of Art & Design
ERASED Film Series
Abducted or adopted? This ongoing series explores how a forced adoption impacted a family.
NYC & Chicago, 2007.
The above 11x14 silver-gelatin print won a national gold key award at
the 2008 Scholastic Art & Writing Competition and is now available for sale :)
the 2008 Scholastic Art & Writing Competition and is now available for sale :)
ViViAN MAiER's PLA$TiC
"shame"
-John Maloof, Oscar Nominee
Can you spot Vivian Maier in the above image??
The mixed media series ViViAN MAiER's PLa$TiC uses the physical negatives of posthumously famous Chicago photographer Vivian Maier as a canvas to comment on the existential threat that currency-driven actions pose to our future. The negatives of Maier have been changed with abrasives, heat, polyurethane, and other materials. Their context has been intentionally shifted to spotlight unethical practices that are pervasive in the fine art world. *More on this project to come soon :]*
About the Art:
The negative reworks featured in my eBay and Etsy listings each contain unique photograph/image frames taken from 120 medium format film captured by famous photographer Vivian Maier. The physical negatives have been hand-manipulated by myself with abrasive and melting techniques, scanned into digital format, and reworked further. The exact image capture dates of the manipulated negative aren't known, though other images from the ARTHoLE Collection date from between roughly 1966-1973. This artwork is part of ViViAN MAiER's PLa$TiC, a series that examines the ethics surrounding the interesting case of famous "Chicago nanny photographer" Vivian Maier.
The negatives from The ARTHoLE Collection were purchased by myself off of eBay in 2008/09 to be used by myself in mixed-media artworks. Around 2016 I matched the face in the self-portraits to the name Vivian Maier. Shortly after learning about Maier I had the negatives seen and examined by noted Vivian Maier authority and director of the "Finding Vivian Maier" documentary John Maloof. This meeting occurred in-person on 3/8/2017 so as to confirm authenticity of the negatives from the ARTHoLE Collection and assess their perceived value. Maloof's initial valuing of The ARTHoLE Collection was under $1 per negative for the roughly 1300 medium format negatives.
Vivian Maier's world-renowned photographs are currently sold by the prestigious Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York City. Non-Disclosure Agreements between the Estate of Vivian Maier, John Maloof. and presumably the Howard Greenberg Gallery, allow exclusive printing & selling rights of the posthumously famous Maier's work. Maier's prints sell for roughly $3500 to $6000 at the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
"Formerly a photographer and founder of The Center for Photography in Woodstock in 1977, Howard Greenberg has been one of a small group of gallerists, curators and historians responsible for the creation and development of the modern market for photography" -howardgreenberg.com.
About the Art:
The negative reworks featured in my eBay and Etsy listings each contain unique photograph/image frames taken from 120 medium format film captured by famous photographer Vivian Maier. The physical negatives have been hand-manipulated by myself with abrasive and melting techniques, scanned into digital format, and reworked further. The exact image capture dates of the manipulated negative aren't known, though other images from the ARTHoLE Collection date from between roughly 1966-1973. This artwork is part of ViViAN MAiER's PLa$TiC, a series that examines the ethics surrounding the interesting case of famous "Chicago nanny photographer" Vivian Maier.
The negatives from The ARTHoLE Collection were purchased by myself off of eBay in 2008/09 to be used by myself in mixed-media artworks. Around 2016 I matched the face in the self-portraits to the name Vivian Maier. Shortly after learning about Maier I had the negatives seen and examined by noted Vivian Maier authority and director of the "Finding Vivian Maier" documentary John Maloof. This meeting occurred in-person on 3/8/2017 so as to confirm authenticity of the negatives from the ARTHoLE Collection and assess their perceived value. Maloof's initial valuing of The ARTHoLE Collection was under $1 per negative for the roughly 1300 medium format negatives.
Vivian Maier's world-renowned photographs are currently sold by the prestigious Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York City. Non-Disclosure Agreements between the Estate of Vivian Maier, John Maloof. and presumably the Howard Greenberg Gallery, allow exclusive printing & selling rights of the posthumously famous Maier's work. Maier's prints sell for roughly $3500 to $6000 at the Howard Greenberg Gallery.
"Formerly a photographer and founder of The Center for Photography in Woodstock in 1977, Howard Greenberg has been one of a small group of gallerists, curators and historians responsible for the creation and development of the modern market for photography" -howardgreenberg.com.