Representation
February 10 – April 5, 2021
The Chez Est Gallery, Hartford
Representation is an exploration of intersectionality. Originally inspired by Kamora’s Cultural Corner’s “Black Art Heals” motto, this exhibit highlights some of the incredible queer and black artists and organizers from the Greater Hartford area. This exhibition is guest curated by Anne:Gogh.
This exhibition is put on in partnership with Kamora’s Cultural Corner.
Missed the exhibit? Click below to take a virtual tour and listen to the artist talk on YouTube!
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Meet the Artists
Anne:Gogh (she/her)
Anne:Gogh is a proud Hartford native committed to uplifting the community through creating safe spaces for self-care and expression. She is a visual & performing artist who is determined to fortify the importance of veracity and altruism. Currently, Anne: is engulfed in working as the Artist in Residence for Kamora’s Cultural Corner and facilitator for Toivo.
Yoyo Collado
David Elliott (he/him)
Raised during the embryonic phase of HipHop, David Elliott is an artist, photographer, architect, creator, and curator. A bicultural product of two migrant farm workers, he is a graduate of the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, a former student of the Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan University, the Hartford Conservatory, and The Artists’ Collective, and a participant in the Highlander Research and Education Center’s Youth Leadership Institute.
A native of the city of Hartford, David Elliott began to create change by empowering youth and young adults through educational and artistic methods. He is a formally trained and self-taught artist, who has performed in various shows and worked in several artistic mediums, including printmaking, sculpture, free-style spoken word, creative direction, production, Commedia dell’ Arte, Latin percussion, cake design, and digital photography. A product of the Projects, he is a social activist who continues to cultivate and blend his creativity into ART.
Jaii Marc Renee (he/him)
The artist known as Jaii Marc Renee has been an artist since his early years, when he began to draw cartoons for family and friends. It wasn’t until high school that he picked up a brush for the first time and it was not love at first sight.
Like almost every artist, he struggled to find his identity or “style,” sporadically painting for years after his introduction in a high school art class. Self-esteem and mental health played an adverse role, clouding the road to self-identity, but it was this same adversity that paved the way for the artist he is today.
