Curated by Chris Christion and Jessica Wimbley
On view August 13 – October 16, 2015
Opening reception on August 29 | 6-8 p.m.

“I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry and hidden angers.” –Audre Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

As defined by Audre Lorde in her seminal piece Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, biomythography combines “elements of history, biography and myth” to highlight the idea of multiple internal and external selves. This exhibition features video, performance, installation, sculpture, photography and two-dimensional mixed media works. It investigates biomythography as a practice in the visual arts. Works by the featured artists juxtapose historical facts, life experiences, pop culture, ritual, mythology, anthropological conjectures and notions of identity.

Exhibiting artists include Zeina Baltagi, Crystal Z. Campbell, Chris Christion, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Abdul Mazid, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Thinh Nguyen, Juliana Paciulli, Glynnis Reed, Rachelle Rojany, Yoshie Sakai, Monica Sandoval and Jessica Wimbley.

Learn more about the curators, artists, Biomythography, and so much more by visiting biomythart.com.
Articles: Jeremy Foster, “Campus culture: art, theater, more at a college near you,” Ventura County Star, 4, Sept. 2015.
Abe Ahn, “Crafting Alternative Histories Through Memory and Myth,” Hyperallergic, 10 Oct. 2015.
“Panel Discussion on Biomythography Exhibit,” The Echo, Alexandra Randall, Oct. 7, 2015

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Image credit: Glynnis Reed, No One Else, 2011, Digital photo collage, archival pigment print 24” x 36”