Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. (born 1993) is a queer black American artist and photographer. In 2019 they received an Emerging Visual Arts Grant by The Rema Hort Mann Foundation.

Early life and education

In 2017, Brown graduated with a BFA from New York University at the

Tisch School of Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

. They also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2017.

Work

Brown's work is inspired by

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, Carrie Mae Weems, and

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. Their work started with a focus on self portraiture to examine the complexities of gender and identity. Brown's work speaks to the black

queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the lat ...

body by using the intimacy of portraiture as a means to question preconceived notions of maleness and blackness. Brown has been commissioned by media outlets and fashion designers, including '' New York Magazine'', ''Gayletter Magazine'', '' The New Yorker'', '' Vice'', ''

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'', '' Dazed'', '' W Magazine'', and Telfar Clemens. Their work has been featured by ''W Magazine'', ''Vice'', and '' The Fader''. In 2017, Brown co-curated the seventh annual "Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair" with Devin N. Morris, titled ''Rock Paper Scissors and a Three-Armed Shovel''.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* ''Arms to pray with'', Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York City, 2019

Group exhibitions

* ''Stranger Thing,'' Outpost Artists Resources, Ridgewood, NY, 2017 * ''Four'', Sargents' Daughters, New York City, 2018 * ''Daybreak: New Affirmations in Queer Photography'',

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, New York City, 2018 * ''Do You Love Me?'', P.P.O.W., New York City, 2019 * ''On Refusal: Representation & Resistance in Contemporary American Art,'' The Mac, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2019 * ''Quiver of Voices'', LTD Los Angeles, online exhibition, 2020 * ''Mien'', TRNK, online exhibition, 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Elliott Jerome, Jr. American LGBT photographers 21st-century American photographers African-American photographers Tisch School of the Arts alumni Living people 1993 births Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni