January 2022
© Kris Graves, Self-Portrait
© Kris Graves, George Floyd Projection, Richmond, VA, 2020
Aurora PhotoCenter, in partnership with Tube Factory, is pleased to host Kris Graves as our January 2022 artist in residence. During his residency, Graves will set up a portrait studio in Tube Factory’s Guichelaar Gallery to work on new concepts. Also, he plans to walk around Indianapolis and nearby places, making portraits and photographing urban landscapes. An exhibition of his series, A Southern Horror, will follow at the Guichelaar Gallery in February 2022.
Kris Graves (krisgraves.com) is an artist and publisher based in New York and California. Graves creates artwork that deals with societal problems and aims to use art as a means to inform people about cultural issues. He also works to elevate the representation of people of color in the fine art canon; and to create opportunities for conversation about race, representation, and urban life. Graves creates photographs of landscapes and people to preserve memory.
Graves was the 2021 recipient of The Aftermath Project Grant for Privileged Mediocrity and the Deceived Within, a series of work about systemic unfairness in America. His image from Richmond, VA’s Monument Avenue photographed during the Black Lives Matter protests was featured on the cover of National Geographic’s January 2021 Year in Pictures issue. His exhibition Truth & Ruin took place at Wright State University in the Fall of 2021.
Monolith Editions (Kris Graves Projects) was founded in 2011 by Kris Graves and is a Black-owned publishing house dedicated to showcasing work from artists of color across mediums that address issues of race, identity, equity, gender, sexuality, and class.
Graves received his BFA in Visual Arts from S.U.N.Y. Purchase College and has been published and exhibited globally, including at Museum of Modern Art, New York; Getty Institute, Los Angeles; and National Portrait Gallery in London, England; among others. Permanent collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Getty Institute, Schomburg Center, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Brooklyn Museum; and The Wedge Collection, Toronto; among others.
Aurora PhotoCenter thanks Tube Factory for its generous support of this residency.
