The works in this year’s exhibition reflect a wide-ranging engagement with memory, identity, perception, and the rapidly shifting world around us. Through photography, painting, collage, and mixed media, the artists explore both personal experience and broader cultural realities.
Some artists turn toward questions of identity and self-construction. claudia hermano examines the complexities of race, gender, and embodiment, while Taylor Thomas reflects on representation and Black interiority through archival imagery and cultural memory. Diana Noh reconstructs photographs to navigate displacement, vulnerability, and repair. Jennifer Van’s photographic works similarly consider memory, preservation, and the emotional weight carried by personal spaces and landmarks.
