Seeing​ ​You​ ​See​ ​Me

Title:​ ​​Seeing​ ​You​ ​See​ ​Me
Dates:​​ ​October​ ​29​ ​-​ ​November​ ​11,​ ​2017

Preview:​ ​​October​ ​29,​ ​2017,​ ​6-8pm

Opening​ ​reception:​ ​​Thursday,​ ​November​ ​2,​ ​6:30-9pm​ ​(performance​ ​at​ ​7pm)
​​In​ ​Seeing​ ​You​ ​See​ ​Me,​ ​three​ ​artists​ ​explore,​ ​through​ ​various​ ​mediums,​ ​three​ ​ways​ ​of​ ​seeing:​ ​being seen,​ ​seeing​ ​self​ ​and​ ​seeing​ ​all.​ ​The​ ​act​ ​of​ ​seeing​ ​can​ ​both​ ​acknowledge​ ​or​ ​deny​ ​self​ ​and​ ​others.​ ​Viewers​ ​are granted​ ​access​ ​to​ ​observe​ ​and​ ​interpret​ ​what​ ​it​ ​is​ ​like​ ​to​ ​feel​ ​invisible,​ ​experience​ ​the​ ​exhaustion​ ​of​ ​being visible​ ​and​ ​to​ ​confront​ ​their​ ​own​ ​gaze.

 
Dana​ ​Davenport,​ ​@dana_dav

Bio:​ ​​Dana​ ​Davenport​ ​is​ ​a​ ​Korean​ ​and​ ​Black​ ​American​ ​​installation​ ​and​ ​performance​ ​artist.​​ ​Her​ ​work incorporates​ ​themes​ ​related​ ​to​ ​the​ ​body,​ ​ethnicity,​ ​and​ ​their​ ​interwoven​ ​relationship​ ​to​ ​social​ ​mores​ ​and institutional​ ​structures.​ ​​Davenport​ ​addresses​ ​the​ ​complexity​ ​of​ ​interminority​ ​racism​ ​and​ ​credits​ ​whiteness as​ ​the​ ​beneficiary​ ​of​ ​these​ ​conflicts.​ ​​She​ ​received​ ​a​ ​Bachelors​ ​of​ ​Fine​ ​Arts​ ​in​ ​Photography​ ​from​ ​School​ ​of Visual​ ​Arts​ ​in​ ​New​ ​York​ ​City.​ ​Davenport’s​ ​work​ ​has​ ​been​ ​exhibited​ ​in​ ​London,​ ​Rio​ ​de​ ​Janeiro,​ ​New​ ​York​ ​City, and​ ​throughout​ ​the​ ​United​ ​States​ ​including​ ​‘Within​ ​a​ ​Circuit’​ ​at​ ​NARS​ ​Foundation​ ​and​ ​‘Brown​ ​Paper​ ​Zine​ ​& Small​ ​Press​ ​Fair’​ ​at​ ​Museum​ ​of​ ​Contemporary​ ​African​ ​Diasporan​ ​Arts.​ ​She​ ​has​ ​performed​ ​at​ ​Watermill​ ​Center, K&P​ ​Gallery,​ ​RE:​ ​Art​ ​Show,​ ​BUFU​ ​Studios​ ​and​ ​has​ ​completed​ ​SOHO20​ ​Gallery​ ​artist​ ​residency​ ​program​ ​in 2017.​ ​Davenport​ ​is​ ​a​ ​recipient​ ​of​ ​the​ ​SVA​ ​Chairman’s​ ​Merit​ ​Award​ ​Scholarship​ ​and​ ​Rhodes​ ​Family​ ​Award​ ​for Outstanding​ ​Achievement​ ​in​ ​Photography.  

 Events:​ ​​Black​ ​Mixed​ ​Identity:​ ​A​ ​Meet-up​ ​and​ ​Discussion​ ​pt.II
 
 
Jin​ ​Hee,​ ​@jinnitus

Bio:  Jin​ ​Hee​ ​is​ ​a​ ​multidisciplinary​ ​visual​ ​artist,​ ​writer,​ ​community​ ​events​ ​organizer​ ​and​ ​(occasional)​ ​performer. Their​ ​fiber​ ​work​ ​deals​ ​with​ ​the​ ​dichotomy​ ​of​ ​privatization​ ​and​ ​exhibitionism​ ​when​ ​exploring​ ​identity​ ​and body​ ​politics.​ ​Jin​ ​strives​ ​to​ ​visualize​ ​the​ ​abstractions​ ​of​ ​these​ ​topics​ ​in​ ​a​ ​literal​ ​manner​ ​with​ ​thread​ ​and yarn​ ​by​ ​needle​ ​felting​ ​genitalia​ ​and​ ​decorating​ ​them.​ ​The​ ​decorative​ ​features​ ​draw​ ​in​ ​viewers​ ​to​ ​peer​ ​into something​ ​that​ ​is​ ​often​ ​hidden.​ ​They​ ​are​ ​interested​ ​in​ ​addressing​ ​topics​ ​of​ ​oppressive​ ​and​ ​regulative ideals​ ​set​ ​forth​ ​by​ ​East​ ​Asian​ ​beauty​ ​standards​ ​for​ ​women​ ​(i.e.​ ​plastic​ ​surgery​ ​and​ ​cosmetic​ ​industries) as​ ​an​ ​act​ ​to​ ​mimic​ ​Eurocentric​ ​beauty​ ​standards.They​ ​challenge​ ​these​ ​standards​ ​by​ ​integrating​ ​and reflecting​ ​cultural​ ​practices​ ​of​ ​body​ ​modification​ ​and​ ​suspension​ ​as​ ​a​ ​form​ ​of​ ​mental​ ​and​ ​bodily​ ​cleansing. They​ ​aim​ ​to​ ​shed​ ​light​ ​on​ ​forms​ ​of​ ​beauty​ ​and​ ​aesthetics​ ​that​ ​American​ ​ideals​ ​see​ ​as​ ​unorthodox. Jin​ ​is​ ​a​ ​2nd​ ​generation​ ​Korean​ ​American,​ ​born​ ​and​ ​raised​ ​in​ ​Hawaii.​ ​They​ ​received​ ​their​ ​Bachelor​ ​of​ ​Fine Arts​ ​in​ ​Visual​ ​and​ ​Critical​ ​Studies​ ​from​ ​the​ ​School​ ​of​ ​Visual​ ​Arts.​ ​Jin’s​ ​work​ ​has​ ​been​ ​exhibited​ ​in​ ​New York​ ​City,​ ​Los​ ​Angeles,​ ​Atlanta,​ ​Raleigh,​ ​and​ ​Honolulu.  
 
Events:  My​ ​Body​ ​Not​ ​State​ ​Property​ ​-​ ​Stories​ ​and​ ​Poems​ ​About​ ​Reclamation
 
Aniahs​ ​Gnay,​ ​@moon.mansion

Bio:​​ ​Aniahs​ ​Gnay​ ​is​ ​a​ ​visual​ ​artist​ ​and​ ​arts​ ​organizer​ ​based​ ​in​ ​NYC.​ ​Their​ ​work​ ​uses​ ​sculpture​ ​and​ ​drawing​ ​to explore​ ​the​ ​vessel​ ​body​ ​and​ ​its​ ​carried​ ​symbols,​ ​​ ​connectivity,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​space​ ​between​ ​it​ ​all.​ ​Drawing​ ​influences from​ ​their​ ​superstitious​ ​Taiwanese​ ​family​ ​and​ ​from​ ​their​ ​queer​ ​American​ ​identity,​ ​their​ ​work​ ​questions​ ​the shared​ ​space​ ​of​ ​existence.​ ​Aniahs​ ​Gnay​ ​is​ ​a​ ​graduate​ ​from​ ​University​ ​of​ ​California​ ​Santa​ ​Cruz​ ​and​ ​has exhibited​ ​nationally​ ​within​ ​the​ ​U.S.​ ​with​ ​works​ ​in​ ​private​ ​collections​ ​internationally.