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Andrew Michael Joseph

he/him/his

Andrew Michael Joseph is a queer, Asian-American artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico, whose creative practice centers around an exploration of the intersections of identity, and how that impacts the way a human body is perceived by society, intimate partners, friends, and family. He is inspired by his own experiences as a queer person of color and is motivated by a desire to explore and understand the way his identity has influenced how he navigates the world. He seeks to create work which challenges contemporary societal expectations as well as normalize the queer experience and find kinship and commonality at the intersections of different identities.

Karli

She/Her

"I am not really an artist, but this photo of my Mom and me (at a young age) is poetic, something I strongly recall in my mind and always will. I think that's part what makes images/art so important."

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Sue Sunday

She/They

Sue is a crafter and a subverter. They love to take mediums like water color that might typically be thought of as vanilla and instead paint queer sex.

Loic (Finn) Lewis-Kraitsik

He/Him

Albuquerque local performing artist

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Emily Heimerman

She/Her

Emily is from Stillwater, Minnesota. She lived in Philadelphia for a while and have been a transplant in ABQ for about two years now. She work for the History Department and is a PhD student at UNM.

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Sofie Hecht

She/They

Sofie Hecht is a photographer and documentary storyteller working in both analog and digital formats. She is based in Albuquerque but is originally from Brooklyn, NY. She uses visual arts to be an active participant in community spaces, particularly within her own queer circles. She is inspired by soft light on Sundays, walks in the bosque, the relationship between bodies and the land, her chosen family in Albuquerque, and art’s healing capabilities.

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Petra Brown

She/Her

I grew up along the Great Lakes. Fields, forests, and rivers filled my childhood and fed my imagination, fostering a whimsical appreciation for the natural world and its textual diversity. I come from a family of textile artists, musicians, and craftsmen. Creative expression was seamlessly incorporated into daily life, almost unknowingly. A conservative rural upbringing also instilled an insatiable curiosity for what is beyond homogeneous small-town America and encourages me find my own voice through creative expression. Recently investigating my artistic linage and place within it has revealed frustrations, amazement and wonder which is leading to creative untanglings. I also draw from observations of daily life and how I experience them in my body. From watching shadows dance atop red seats on a moving train, to the oppressive emotions of loss and anxiety, I use color and texture to express what I cannot with words. I have lived and worked in New Mexico off and on since 2015. I completed my Master's in Museum Studies at UNM in 2022 and am currently working at the New Mexico Museum of Art in collections care and management.

Pico del Hierro-Villa

They/Ellx

Pico del Hierro-Villa is a Queer Fronterizx who recently received their master's at the University of New Mexico in Chican@/x Studies. Being raised in El Paso, later moving to Albuquerque, NM, they found the beauty of storytelling among Queer elders and those who never had the opportunity to publicly present their stories. The mode of their art and research is based on gathering testimonios and photographing Queer and Trans Latinx folks which captures a multitude of LGBTQ+ experiences, a method they call fotografímonios. The purpose of their work is to not only honor the Q/T Latinx identity but to uplift Queer and Trans political struggles and provide post narratives that counter act against negative perceptions of Queer and Trans communities. Pico’s photography has been published at the University of New Mexico, Latinx academic journals, magazines and has been displayed at the National Hispanic Cultural Museum and 516 Arts.

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Kenneth Stewart

He/Him

Game master, miniature painter, and tattoo artist in Albuquerque, NM

Chris Flanagan

They/Them

Chris Flanagan is an animator and illustrator pursuing an FDMA degree at UNM. Many of their animations and illustrations focus on the struggle to find identity.

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Apolo Gomez

He/Him/They/Them

Apolo Gomez was born in Austin, TX, and is a queer Chicanx visual artist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After overcoming a bout with lymphoma, Apolo discovered photography and began capturing moments of his friends and important people in his life. His interdisciplinary practice, encompassing photography and installation, explores themes of personhood, queerness, desire, loss, and their Latinx identity. Apolo's work has been exhibited at notable venues including the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver, CO, the Reno Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, NV, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum in Albuquerque, NM. His work has also been published in I-D magazine, Southwest Contemporary, and Cool Hunting magazine.

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