Work from The Moon & Stars is currently on view in the exhibition The Via Combusta at Fotografiska Shanghai. Curated by Yichen Zhou and Yingying Gan.
Review in the Jersey City Times, Old School, New Worlds
Old School, New Worlds at SMUSH Gallery received a lovely write up in the Jersey City Times this month. The show closes February 15th. The full piece can be read here.
Old School, New Worlds
My collaborative project The Library as a Garden will be on view in Old School, New Worlds at SMUSH Gallery in Jersey City. The exhibition is organized by Dense Magazine in conjunction with the Jersey Art Book Fair (runs Feb 3-4). The Library as a Garden is a collaboration between Christina Labey and myself exploring the connection between humans and plants through the lens of the archive. In this arboreal-focused installation, we weave together plant specimens, watercolor studies, and writing to infuse new life into historical archives. By casting trees as quiet observers of human history and pivotal figures in forging a sustainable future, in the hopes of redirecting our attention to the often-overlooked presence of nature in the urban landscape.
The Via Combusta at Jimei X Arles Photo Festival
Work related to my book The Moon & Stars Can Be Yours is included in the group exhibition The Via Combusta on view until January 21st in Xiamen, China as part of the Jimei X Arles Photo Festival. The exhibition curated by Yichen Zhou and Yingying Gan won the festival’s Curatorial Award and will be shown in expanded form this spring at Fotografiska in Shanghai and at Beijing’s Three Shadows Photography Center.
The Dry Garden on view in Maribor, Slovenia
The Dry Garden is on view as part of the Maribor Photobook Award 2023 exhibition at the Maribor Art Gallery in Slovenia, organized by The Angry Bat DEZ - Association for European Consciousness.
Artist Talk at CPW
On October 12th I had the immense pleasure to speak about work in progress alongside Lindsay Buchman from Seaton Street Press. The talk was filmed and archived over on CPW’s site.
I Looked & Looked Hardcover edition launch at Printed Matter 9/28
On Thursday, September 28th, a hardcover edition of I Looked & Looked will launch at Printed Matter to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the lunar-themed love letters that inspired the project.
Tree News Issue 4
This weekend, Sept 9 + 10, marks the release of issue 4 of Tree News produced by Erin Mallea and Paper Buck at the Pittsburgh Art Book Fair. I had the immense pleasure of speaking with Erin about A Tree Grows in Queens, herbaria, and working with archives. The issue also includes an interview with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Curator of Botany, Mason Heberling. They’ll be tabling at the Carnegie Museum of Art and will have copies of The Dry Garden as well as a special edition postcard set of images from A Tree Grows in Queens.
Franklin Furnace Archive
Light Blue Desire has been acquired by the Franklin Furnace Archive. The book is currently on view in the exhibition, Shared Storytelling: New Acquisitions from Franklin Furnace Archive, 2018-2022 at the ISC Building at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. The exhibition is on view until April 6, 2023.
A Tree, A Garden at Antenna
My solo show, A Tree, A Garden, opens in New Orleans at Antenna on February 11, 2023. The show will be on view until March 26th. A corresponding publication, The Dry Garden, is available from Antenna Press.
A Tree, A Garden reflects on the many ways in which trees manifest into other things, from memorials and myths to memes, markers, and meeting points.The exhibition brings together two research projects that explore the place of trees in our understanding of the world. Inspired by trees found both in old-growth forests and on city streets, A Tree Grows in Queens incorporates a collection of written vignettes, archival images, and original photographs to explore how narratives of trees have touched on the larger topics of climate, capitalism, catastrophe, and compassion. The Dry Garden, an installation of cyanotype prints and a publication, is composed of reimagined archival material from herbaria, where plants are dried and stored for scientific purposes. The imagery transformed into shades of blue and white is influenced by Anna Atkins’ Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, the first book of photographs ever published. The work reconsiders archival histories and explores how narrative can act as a riposte to plant blindness, encouraging more empathetic relationships with our natural surroundings.
A Glass of Cry published in Passing Notes Issue 2
I wrote a piece, A Glass of Cry, on language, fear, shame, and the surprises of auto translate. It’s included in the second issue of Passing Notes, available here via this link.
Said To Be Dreaming - an ARTFORUM Must See!
Said To Be Dreaming is a Must See according to ARTFORUM! The show is up until September 9. Thursday August 25 there will be a performance and book launch at Olympia ( 41 Orchard St, NY, NY ).
SF Art Book Fair 7/15-7/17
It seems surreal to say but The Moon & Stars Can e Yours will have it’s official debut this weekend at the San Francisco Art Book Fair! It is taking place from Friday the 15th to Sunday the 17th at Minnesota Street Project with a preview on Thursday night! Moon & Stars will be available at the Conveyor Editions table and as always is available for purchase through their site.
Said To Be Dreaming at Olympia
A group exhibition on reading poems and images - featuring paintings, video, mail art, and sound. The show explores how the acts of reading and looking are themselves an art of daydreaming and meandering. The exhibition is curated by Chantal Soong Lee and Emily P. Dunne. The exhibition asks, what does a conversation between a poet and an artist, or between two visual artists, look like? http://olympiart.org/
SOLSTICE on Governor's Island
I will be showing work from A Means to Measure, a series of pvc and perspex wall pieces that interact with sunlight, on Governor’s Island ( NYC ) from June 18 - 26 in SOLSTICE curated by Jonathan Sims.
Non-Fiction Reading Series
Monday, June 6th I’ll be part of the Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series at Niagara Bar! Starts at 7:30pm at Niagara 112 Avenue A & 7th Street.
NARS Virtual Benefit
Happy to have donated this image, Winter Afternoon, to the NARS virtual benefit. I was an artist in residence there in 2015 and so much came out of it, projects that stayed with me for years, friendships, connections, and colleagues. The auction runs til May 29th. More info here : https://www.narsfoundation.org/2022-benefit/magali-duzant-winter-afternoon
Marble Hill Camera Club, May Mayhem
I’ll be speaking about A Tree Grows in Queens at the May edition of Marble Hill Camera Club, alongside Varvara Mikushkina, Meggan Gould, and Carla Shapiro. Many thanks to Patrice Helmar and John O’Toole.
Earth Day over on The Luupe
Happy to have an image from my upcoming publication, A Tree Grows in Queens, included in The Luupe’s online Earth Day show.
Check it out here: https://theluupe.com/blog/2022/04/21/54-photos-and-a-gif-that-celebrate-our-glorious-earth/
Virtual Assembly
Thursday April 21st ( 6PM ET / 12AM CET ) I’ll be speaking with Shane Rocheleau about his beautiful new book, Lakeside, over on Virtual Assembly. Link to register is here.
