JOURNEY TO THE QUEER WEST

RHINESTONE

Collaged comic book scene depicting a battle with explosions, soldiers, and a robot. Prominent characters include a man grappling a robot in the center, with chaotic action and vivid colors exploding across the battlefield beneath them.
Collaged comic book scene depicting a battle with explosions, soldiers, and a robot. Prominent characters include a man grappling a robot in the center, with chaotic action and vivid colors exploding across the battlefield beneath them.

Potpourri

A Naturally Fragrant Mixture of Miscellaneous Collages

FRANKENSTEIN; Or, The Modern Prometheus

A digital collage depicting Victor Frankenstein's nightmarish vision of his betrothed, Elizabeth, on their wedding day. Her face crumbling to reveal a banshee-like visage of death.
A digital collage depicting Victor Frankenstein's nightmarish vision of his betrothed, Elizabeth, on their wedding day. Her face crumbling to reveal a banshee-like visage of death.

During the Kolaj Institute’s Collage & Illustration Residency – Frankenstein, artists worked to visually interpret Mary Shelley’s 1818 proto-science fiction novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Artists created illustrations that connected Shelley’s text to contemporary issues. Participants explored the role of science and artificial intelligence, queerness, intersectional identities, narcissism, and modern relationships.

Kolaj Institute published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus featuring illustrations made during the residency as a way of bringing this important, historical book and its themes to 21st century readers. A selection of artwork was later exhibited at Kolaj Institute in New Orleans.

 In this limited curation of artwork from the residency, I will be sharing a significant amount of my solo work— but also select pieces created in collaboration with my ever talented peers.

A black and white illustration of a trickster wolf spirit, wearing a wide cut suit, dancing The Twist on one leg with other leg extended, his dance partner is a small but grooving chicken.
A black and white illustration of a trickster wolf spirit, wearing a wide cut suit, dancing The Twist on one leg with other leg extended, his dance partner is a small but grooving chicken.

Inkwell

Collage of black and white images showing scenes of people in various outdoor activities, including a man with a pickaxe, a person operating machinery, a cave or tunnel view, and groups of people and natural landscapes.
A person with a shaved head sitting at a cluttered desk, writing on a piece of paper, with a cluttered background including a computer monitor, a smaller monitor, and various objects and decorations.
Black and white illustration of a fierce creature with a bird-like head, sharp beak, and long feathers, possibly a mythical or fantasy creature, with detailed textures and dramatic shading.
A black and white abstract artwork featuring a large face with circular eyes and a wide open mouth. The background contains power lines, a bird in flight, and scattered debris.
A three-panel black and white illustration depicting a natural landscape scene. The first panel shows a large tree branch with birds and a grassy foreground with a small cross. The second panel features a person in camouflage gear standing in front of a river with a large tree and hanging moss in the background. The third panel illustrates a rural scene with a church, a cross, and a few houses, with the moon in the night sky and figures near a body of water.
A person in a space suit with a humanoid skull visible through the helmet, sitting in front of a space-themed backdrop with a moon or planet, technical equipment, and a sign or mural in the background.

Assembly

Required

A trash-punk robot made from various rusted metal parts, mechanical components assembled to resemble a humanoid figure, sitting on a white background in the likeness of the Hellenistic sculpture Boxer at Rest.
A trash-punk robot made from various rusted metal parts, mechanical components assembled to resemble a humanoid figure, sitting on a white background in the likeness of the Hellenistic sculpture Boxer at Rest.

A World Of Tomorrow Built From Yesterday’s Scrap

Close-up of two young men's faces, one wearing a brown knit cap and the other with dark, wavy hair, in a dimly lit environment. The men are grimacing at the camera, their lips and teeth coated in melted chocolate.
Close-up of two young men's faces, one wearing a brown knit cap and the other with dark, wavy hair, in a dimly lit environment. The men are grimacing at the camera, their lips and teeth coated in melted chocolate.

SPINACH

EVIDENCE OF A RECOVERING PHOTOGRAPHER