Keisha Scarville Explained
Keisha Scarville (born 1975) is an American photographer, living in Brooklyn, New York.[1] [2]
Early life
Scarville was born in Kings, New York[1] to Guyanese parents who had emigrated to New York in the 1960s.[3] She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.[4]
Work
In the series Mama's Clothes, Scarville creates portraits using her dead mother's clothing,[5] exploring "landscapes and her body to investigate questions of belonging and the impact it has had on her identity."[6] Portraits of her father make up her series Passport (2012–16), black and white passport sized photographs "adorned and reconfigured in myriad ways."[7] [2]
Collections
Scarville's work is held in the following permanent collections:
Notes and References
- Web site: Keisha Scarville. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- Web site: 2021-07-18. A Guyanese Art Show Explores Images of Migration and Home-Making. 28 July 2016. The Village Voice.
- Web site: Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora – The Caribbean Commons . caribbean.commons.gc.cuny.edu . 5 October 2020 . en-CAC.
- Web site: Photo Essay - African American Women and Photography . Oxford African American Studies Center . en.
- News: 2021-07-18. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now. The New York Times. 10 February 2021. 0362-4331.
- Web site: 2021-07-18. Keisha Scarville Channels Her Mother Through Photography. www.vice.com. 22 April 2016 .
- Web site: Seph. Rodney. 2021-07-18. Gathering the Work of Guyanese Artists Far from Home. 14 September 2016. Hyperallergic.
- FSU Museum of Art collection. Scarville, Keisha. Placelessness of Echoes (and kinship of shadows) "Body/Branches" Object accession number 2020.2.1
- Web site: Light Work Collection / Artwork / Untitled (Circle) [3911] ]. collection.lightwork.org.
