Eley new work featured in Alaska art show “dis/comfort”
I was selected to feature some of my newest personal work in an upcoming show that will take place in Alaska curated by artist Katie Ione Craney The work selected is from an ongoing body of work, Afronauts (WIP) that features melanated bodies that have chosen to leave their home countries to explore new horizons in the depths of the North. Below is the curator’s artist statement for the show…. I can’t wait to share the imagery with you.
How does dis/comfort materialize in the North?
Through a call for submissions and by invitation, dis/comfort asks how Northern identity, colonialism, and climate change can be imagined and interpreted through layers of comfort and discomfort. Artists share encounters and intimacies with the North through video, photography, carving, embroidery, an interactive card game, a protest poem, and two-dimensional works printed on photo transparencies. A range of experiences and stories unfold, asking viewers to consider their own comfort and reflect on the broader contexts of how dis/comfort shapes living in and visiting the North.
Featured artists: Kelsey Aho, Catherine Baumhauer, Mia Bennett, Anna Berrino, Minik Bidstrup, Ada Pilar Cruz, Vincent DeZutti, Mel Durrett, Eley, Lena Johansson Fahlén, Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich, Somer Hahm, Wen-Hsi Harman, Loes Heebink, Julia Hechtman, Katelin Hiller, Sarah Mehl Histand, Birte Hoelscher, Jenny Irene, Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, Gali Kaner, Ashley G. Kidner, Nina Sikkersoq Kristoffersen, Sandra Kruisbrink, Salla Kuoppamaa and Tetua Pashnjari, Rosalind Lowry, Klara Maisch, Alia Malley, Kathleen Menke, David McCain, Jérémie McGowan and Amund Sjølie Sveen, Clay Mohrman, Ellen Mueller, Andrea L. Nelson, Aaron Olson-Reiners, Daniel Papke, Austin Parkhill, Claire Paugam, Laura Prochilo, Ela Przybylo, Kimberly Ritchie, Andrew Schwartz, Mikhail Siskoff, Clint Sleeper, Marte Lill Somby, Essie Somma, Liz Toohey-Wiese, James Westwater, Madeline Witek, Suz Yeremyan, Heejoon June Yoon