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Art Exhibit: Visibility & Remembrance

V&R

Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community

Art Exhibition curated by the USF Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the USF Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Alumni Group (UWAG) 

Dates of Exhibition: November 17, 2021 - April 1, 2022; virtual exhibit is still viewable.

About: Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community is an international art exhibit that centers trans* people as it invites artists to create and submit work that stands in solidarity with the trans* community. The exhibit runs from November 17, 2021 to April 1, 2022; these dates were chosen to honor two annual international events – Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20) and Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31).

The exhibit celebrates and makes trans* people’s experiences more visible as we seek to combat their exclusion and erasure from various aspects of society, while we also remember the courage and resilience members of the trans* community have shown in the face of various institutions and systems of oppression. 

Visibility & Remembrance asks artists to reflect on the experiences, representations, identities, and/or politics of being trans*. The thirty-two artists selected for the exhibit reflect a diversity of perspectives and experiences from nine countries – Canada, France, Germany, India, Nigeria, Poland, Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Their work includes two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, film, and poetry.


Past Events:

To view recordings of most of these events, visit the WGSS Youtube channel.

  • V&R Opening Reception and Artists in Conversation, on November 17, 2021
  • The Power of Art in Social Change: A Conversation with Kalki Subramaniam, on January 18, 2022
  • From the Olympics to Personal Fitness: A Conversation on Decolonizing Sports with Dr. Katrina Karkazis and Roc, on February 8, 2022 
  • Meditations on Blackness and Gender Nonnormativity: A Lecture and Conversation with Professor Marquis Bey, on February 24, 2022
  • Intersex Care with Dr. David Rubin on March 10, 2022 at 6:00pm EST

Opening remarks by Finn Lefevre, from the V&R Opening Reception on November 17, 2021.


Artists in the V&R Exhibit

Abinaya

Abinaya (India)

Augustine

Karen Miranda Augustine (Canada)

Blackledge

Al Blackledge (Florida, USA)

Collins

Conor Collins (England)

Cruit

Danielle Cruit (Florida, USA)

Dr. Evilletown

Dr. Evilletown (New York, USA)

Flores

NM Flores (Florida, USA)

Gujar

Monika Gujar (India)

Javaloyas

Alejandro Javalojas (France)

Maca

Kristina Maca (Germany)

Majumder

Puspa Majumder (Florida, USA)

McCusker

Mac McCusker (Pennsylvania, USA)

Midhani

Rory Midhani (Germany)

Parhar

Sukhy Parhar (Scotland)

Pearson

Lee Pearson (Florida, USA)

Prema

Silky Prema (India)

Rambha

V. Rambha (India)

Ramesh

S. Ramesh (India)

Ramota

Bakare Olamide Ramota (Nigeria)

Reichert

Raphael Reichert (Switzerland)

Rupakala

A. Rupakala (India)

Santhiya

P. Santhiya (India)

Sellers

Christopher Sellers (Florida, USA)

Stenzel

Annett Stenzel (Germany)

Subramaniam

Kalki Subramaniam (India)

Tobias

Marlon Tobias (Florida, USA)

Varriar

Saji Varriar (India)

Wing

Chloe Wing (England)

Ziomkowska

Erwina Ziomkowska (Poland)

Zlatar

Ally Zlatar (Scotland)

ZMC

Eye (Florida, USA)

Avery McLeod

Avery J. McLeod (Washington, USA)