July 25 - September 5, 2021
“Houston Center for Photography (HCP) is pleased to announce the artists selected to participate in our 38th Center Annual Exhibition (Center Annual), juried by Kris Graves. The Center Annual will include 17 artists in a group exhibition slated to run from late July 2021 to August 2021. Karen Navarro, André Ramos-Woodard, and Jade Rodgers are the three artists selected to receive the Beth Block Juried Membership Honoraria of $1,000, generously supported by The Beth Block Foundation.
38TH CENTER ANNUAL EXHIBITION ARTISTS:
Hannah Altman (Barrington, RI)
Asaeda Badat (Houston, TX)
Christopher Beitz (East Aurora, NY)
Derrell Boson (Houston, TX)
Michael Darough (St. Louis, MO)
Jake Eshelman (Houston, TX)
Jeff Evans (Rantoul, IL)
J Houston (Brooklyn, NY)
Paul Kuntz (Houston, TX)
Michael Magers (Austin, TX)
Karen Navarro (Houston, TX)*
André Ramos-Woodard (Albuquerque, NM)*
Margaret Reid Boyer (Brooklyn, NY)
Jade Rodgers (Waldorf, MD)*
Sadie Sanders (Sugar Land, TX)
Jiawei Zhao (Brooklyn, NY)
*Beth Block Juried Membership Honoraria Recipient
ABOUT JUROR KRIS GRAVES
Kris Graves (b. 1982 New York, NY) is an artist and publisher based in New York and California. He received his BFA in Visual Arts from S.U.N.Y. Purchase College and has been published and exhibited globally, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Portrait Gallery in London, England and Aperture Gallery, New York; among others. Permanent collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Schomburg Center, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Brooklyn Museum; and The Wedge Collection, Toronto, amongst others.
Graves also sits on the board of Blue Sky Gallery: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland; and The Architectural League of New York as Vice President of Photography.
Kris Graves creates artwork that deals with societal problems and aims to use art as a means to inform people about cultural issues. He also works to elevate the representation of people of color in the fine art canon; and to create opportunities for conversation about race, representation, and urban life. Graves creates photographs of landscapes and people to preserve memory.
ABOUT THE 38TH CENTER ANNUAL
The Center Annual exhibition, formerly known as the “Juried Membership Exhibition,” is HCP’s yearly group exhibition that seeks to illuminate current themes, technologies, and practices in photography. The exhibition features work from our diverse global photography community, selected by a leading curator, editor, or artist. HCP’s Center Annual provides viewers with critical insight into our current moment within the field of photography and society at large. Of those selected, three artists receive the Beth Block Juried Membership Honoraria of $1,000, generously supported by The Beth Block Foundation. They will also have a feature in an issue of HCP’s spot magazine.
ABOUT HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Founded in 1981, Houston Center for Photography is a nonprofit organization that strives to encourage artists, build audiences, stimulate dialogue, and promote inquiry about photography and related media. HCP seeks to increase society’s understanding of photography and its vital roles in contemporary, emphatically visual culture. A home to an on-site library of more than 2,500 books on photography and a state-of-the-art digital darkroom, HCP offers year-round exhibitions, fellowship programs, publications, lectures, public and outreach programs, as well as a wide range of educational opportunities.
HCP is located at 1441 West Alabama in the Museum District of Houston. Gallery hours are Wednesday–Thursday, 11 am–7 pm, Fridays 11 am–5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am–7 pm. For more information, please call 713.529.4755 or visit www.hcponline.org.”
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