Lives in New York, NY
Born 1977, Saint Albans, NY
Visual Artist
I work with photography, sculpture and site-specific installations, addressing fluid notions of time. My work oscillates between the illusionary potential of photography and the physical weight of sculpture. In my distinct photographed arrangements, I isolate personal ephemera and the residue of mass culture to consider the fragile nature of quotidian life.
My practice aligns subtle references to revolutionary history, sculpture, architecture and photography. Informed by research in the optical origins of the camera and 17th century still life structures, my work further investigates objects that signify a grander historical context. The nature of these objects can succinctly encapsulate an exchange in terms of culture, knowledge or value. My compositions rely on the principles of sculpture and shift between the symbolic, poetic and literal relationships implied by the objects I document. My awareness of the formal and the minimal motivates the personal affect in my images.
2004 M.F.A., Yale University
2001 - 2003 New York University
2000 B.F.A., The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
2007 It's Just a Feeling..., D'amelio Terras, New York, NY
2006 Make it Plain, LA >< ART, Los Angeles, CA
2009 30 Seconds off an Inch, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
2009 New Photography 2009, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2008 The Fullness of Time, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2007 Alabama, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2006 Civil Restitutions, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, England
2005 Make it Now, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
2009 - 2010 Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, Harvard University
2009 Urban Visionaries Award, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
2007 - 2008 Artist-in-Residence, The Studio Museum in Harlem
2008 Art Matters Grant
| Year Awarded | 2010 |
| Category | Visual Arts |
Leslie Hewitt, photo courtesy of the artist
Leslie Hewitt, photo courtesy of the artist
