Artist Statement
From the beginning of my time studying and practicing art, my work has explored the nuance of Black people. I work in painting, photography, and collage, utilizing a wide range of materials like oil paint, acrylic, oil pastels, charcoal, graphite, as well as film and digital photography and found imagery as well. In refining my voice as an artist I can say it was never my intention to make Black people my subject matter, but the more I researched, the more I noticed the void of Black representation within the canon of art and art history. The subjects and iconography within my work consists of the nuance and norms of those regularly excluded from fine art.
All works are for sale. For commissions or purchase inquiries contact :
info@seanpressley.com
843-864-3942
Press and Publications
American Photography 38, See In Black Collective, Architectural Digest, New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Guardian Saturday, Surface Magazine, The Financial Times, City & State NY, Inc Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard University, Brown University, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, The Village Voice, Huge Moves Magazine
Exhibitions and Residencies
Woodward Resident - Spring '23
2 Person Exhibition, Roll & Hill, Soho, NYC, Nov 2022 - May 2023
Solo Show, mixed media, Awesome Home Brooklyn, April 2023
Black Art Matters, Zurich Switzerland, 2020