About the Artist
Jaimes Mayhew is an artist, organizer and educator, and received an MFA from UMBC in Baltimore in 2010. His artwork is often collaborative, interdisciplinary, and based in conceptual research of social and cultural phenomena. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally, including Eyebeam (NYC), Goucher College (Baltimore), and Hoffmannsgallerí (Reykjavík, Iceland). He is the recipient of several awards including a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (2015), a Fulbright Fellowship in Iceland (2011-12), and a Provisions Library Research Fellowship (2014), among others. He is the Co-Director of Life After Boring Studios, a Baltimore based artist residency.Jaimes Mayhew website View Website Jaimes Mayhew website View Gallery
Artist's Statement
My current work focuses on the social aspects of ecology and environmentalism through investigation of identity from a queer vantage point through an interdisciplinary, research based practice. Queerness is amorphous, ambiguous and able to change and react/adapt to environments as context. Queering allows the complex to remain complex and operates on pluralities, where I (and others) am/are this and also this, as well as this. Queerness is as much about addition as exception, and as much about desire as the limits of identity.Featured Work
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Featured Work: Photos
The Field of the Real, from the series Translandscapes
Digital C-Print
2014
These images are the result of using photo software to auto-stitch images taken from a car window, creating manufactured landscapes from images that were largely unplanned and spontaneous.
The Field of the Possible, from the series Translandscapes
Digital C-Print
2014
These images are the result of using photo software to auto-stitch images taken from a car window, creating manufactured landscapes from images that were largely unplanned and spontaneous.
Just Ask, from the series Translandscapes
Digital C-Print
2014
These images are the result of using photo software to auto-stitch images taken from a car window, creating manufactured landscapes from images that were largely unplanned and spontaneous.
Nihilism, No Future, Is That A Question?, from the series Translandscapes
Digital C-Print
2014
These images are the result of using photo software to auto-stitch images taken from a car window, creating manufactured landscapes from images that were largely unplanned and spontaneous.
Current Trends, from the series Translandscapes
Digital C-Print
2014
These images are the result of using photo software to auto-stitch images taken from a car window, creating manufactured landscapes from images that were largely unplanned and spontaneous.
Odd One Out, from the series Translandscapes
Digital C-Print
2014
These images are the result of using photo software to auto-stitch images taken from a car window, creating manufactured landscapes from images that were largely unplanned and spontaneous.