John D. Paul (@john.d_paul)

Untitled collage no. 3

Digital photograph collage on photo rag giclee, 11 x 8.5", 2021

I am a gay man. My life has been enriched by the strength of the LGBTQ community in many aspects. I attempt to construct dense spaces. Collage gives opportunity to play with strange juxtapositions. It is all a discovery of a positive space.
 
 
 

Jake Foster (@artistjakefoster)

Tracing Desire: Leon

Graphite on polyester, 13 x 17" unframed, 2021

My work is typically deemed inappropriate due to my work’s erotic queer content. Being a queer person myself, I find it important to make work which expresses my sexuality, to affirm queer experiences and desires.
 
 
 

Joseph Eggleston (@joseph.eggleston.art)

Nap

Oil, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20", 2021

My work deals with ideas on individual and group identity, sexual orientation, queer stereotypes, and the societal construction of gender.
 
 
 

JP Calabro (@jpcalabroart)

Double Up Fruit (Sizzling Hot)

Mixed media, 14 x 11", 2021

JUROR AWARD

These paintings embrace the flamboyant attitude that speaks to the unique perspective of being queer, [and] my fascination with Camp aesthetics, visualizing queerness in a material way.
 
 
 

Devon Reiffer (@devonreiffer)

Stud

Charcoal, gesso on canvas, 60 x 41", 2014

I want the viewer to see people, not labels. I’m an artist for social change with a mission to create work that allows us to truly see one another and remind the world that it is our innate right to be acknowledged, accepted and loved for who we are. I never want anyone to struggle the way I did when I came out.
 
 
 

Robb Spath (@armedrobberyconcepts)

Just Beneath

Collage hand cut, 20 x 16", 2020

I like to think of myself as an xacto wielding image jockey, sampling different images from any and every possible platform, and then spinning and recontexting them to create a visually narrative mixtape.
 
 
 

Charlie Welch (@charliefwelch)

Sending Messages To My Eight Year Old Self (Run)

Digital print, 8 x 10", 2021

This project came from the idea of what you would tell your younger self: a positive narrative but also cautions the self of the dangers of self-sabotage and doubt, that so many queers can face while struggling to discover who they are and where they fit in the world.
 
 
 

Ellen Rosenberg (@ellenrosenbergphotography)

Pearls Go With Everything

Color photograph on archival paper, 20 x 14" unframed, 2020

Art is a way of being. These photographs arise out of my own spirituality, a practice of being fully awake to the present moment. I look to identify the raw beauty in our world, to connect with both the ordinary and the unique.
 
 
 

ALKOTÓ (@alkotoartist)

Above and Below

Mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40", 2021

My work reflects upon my experiences as a gender queer, nonconforming individual, creating mixed media pieces that mirror my emotional experiences out in the world.
 
 
 
 
 

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