Francis Crisafio is exhibiting as our invited guest photographer in the Focus Gallery. This solo exhibition presents HOLDUP in the HOOD an engaging look at collaborative self-portraiture and ideas surrounding the formation of identity...
Francis Crisafio: HOLDUP in the HOOD
Opening Reception: July 18, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m., part of Gallery Night Providence
Exhibition on View: July 18th – August 9th 2019
About the Work:
“The photographs in HOLDUP in the HOOD are taken from a larger body of work that documents an after-school, collaborative arts curriculum rooted in the discipline of self-portraiture. The curriculum took place in the Manchester area of Pittsburgh, PA. with students coming from the local Charter and Public schools. This project evolved over a 13 year period and incorporates photographs, drawings, re-cycled photographs/print media and body gesture to explore issues of identity including: race, class and gender.”
About: Francis Crisafio
Francis Crisafio was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. and studied painting and printmaking at Carnegie Mellon University. A self-taught photographer he has been included in group exhibitions at Photographic Resource Center, Boston; “The Fence,” Brooklyn and Boston; Filter Festival/Space, Chicago; Center for Photography, Greenville, SC; A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX; Los Angeles Center for Photography; Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA; PhotoNOLA, New Orleans; Aperture Foundation Gallery and Soho Photo Gallery, both New York; Philadelphia Photo Arts Center; The Print Center, Philadelphia; Silvereye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh; and Providence Center for Photographic Arts, amongst others.
Crisafio was a LensCulture Exposure Awards Finalist, 2015; a Semifinalist in The Print Center’s 87th, International Competition, 2013, 2015 and 2018; a Fellow at the Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, 2017; and a Finalist for Exposure at Photographic Resource Center, Boston, 2018. He has been reviewed in Artscope Magazine, The Boston Globe, Feature Shoot, Hyperallergic, Lenscratch, A Photo Editor, Pittsburgh City Paper and Slate Magazine. His work is included in the permanent collection of Carnegie Mellon University and in private collections.
Exhibition: Thursday, July 18th thru Friday, August 9th
Opening Reception: July 18th , 5:00 – 9:00 p.m., part of Gallery Night Providence
On View: July 18th – August 9th 2019
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