Exhibition
2021 Artist Award: Shelagh Howard
Nov 7 - Dec 6, 2021
|Online Exhibition
We are thrilled to announce our 2021 Artist Award: Shelagh Howard. Shelagh’s work with the male figure explores a rarely seen perspective, moving away from traditional masculinization, eroticism or toxicity, and towards a deeper position of empathy, vulnerability and curiosity.


Time & Location
Nov 7 - Dec 6, 2021
Online Exhibition
About The Event
For this exhibition we are featuring work from her series, a body of work that explores the invisible, all-encompassing power of names, labels, and language. Shelagh’s work with the male figure explores a rarely seen perspective, moving away from traditional masculinization, eroticism or toxicity, and towards a deeper position of empathy, vulnerability and curiosity. Through her unflinching eyes and lens, Shelagh asks us to look beyond what is culturally prescribed, and to instead see the universal truths that we all carry within us, wrapped in our flesh but never truly concealed by it. In lieu of traditional labels, the models are identified by the taxonomic names of the flowers they hold. This deliberate conceit forces the viewer to abandon conventional terminology and to decouple any easy assumptions from the earthly flesh on display. There are no quick judgements to be made; only questions that unfold in the liminal space between…