ANDREA OREJARENA (NYC) employs play and fantasy’s subversive power to examine the American Dream. Her work also explores the notion of femininity and its relationship to the land. She has exhibited at FOAM, The Belfast Photo Festival, and Palo Gallery. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, i-D, VICE, Vanity Fair, and the British Journal of Photography. www.andreaorejarena.com
ASGER CARLSEN (NYC) has a long-standing practice interrogating digital representations of the human body. He has exhibited globally since 2010, including solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, and FOAM. Four monographs are available from Mörel Books. www.asgercarlsen.com
CALEB STEIN (POUGHKEEPSIE/NYC) has spent ten years photographing visitors to a swimming-hole in Dutchess County. His work has been exhibited at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, FOAM, Belfast Photo Festival, Photo Vogue Festival, ROSEGALLERY, and Palo Gallery. www.caleb-stein.com
CAROLINE MCAULIFFE (NYC) creates images and woven wearables that take inspiration from the volatile creativity of parenting. Her work has been shown at the Montclair Art Museum of New Jersey, Children’s Museum of Arts in NYC, the Kyoto Shibori Museum of Japan, and the Czong Institute in South Korea. www.carolinemcauliffe.com
COLIN BEATTIE (POUGHKEEPSIE) is an artist and curator investigating the conditions of creative labor. His work has been shown with the Hudson Valley Photo Collective and at CPW. www.colin-beattie.com
DANIEL GORDON (NYC) creates sculptural tableaux from printed photos that test the boundary between image and reality. His work has been exhibited by the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, the J. Paul Getty Museum, FOAM, the Houston Center for Photography, and Kasmin. www.danielgordonstudio.com
ELIZABETH PEDINOTTI HAYNES (SARATOGA SPRINGS) repurposes her domestic environment to craft new narratives about freedom, economic value, and the ambivalence of mothering. Her work has been featured by Aperture, Der Greif, and the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. Her first book will be released by Saint Lucy Books in 2026. www.elizabethpedinotti.com
EVAN HUME (AMES, IOWA) recontextualizes declassified images sourced from the CIA, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Archive. His work has been featured by Aperture, Der Greif, Fisheye, Office Space Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. His first monograph was printed by Daylight Books in 2021. www.evan-hume.com
GABRIEL ZIMMER (WOODSTOCK) creates richly colored still lives that merge technical perfection with wry, surrealist subject matter. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Musée Magazine, and Vice. www.gabrielzimmer.com
HANNAH ALTMAN (BOSTON) explores themes of lineage, folklore, memory, and narrative. Her work has been featured by the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, The New York Times, and Artforum. www.hannahaltmanphoto.com
JILL BEMIS (BOSTON) creates surreal tableaux with natural materials that become meditations on human freedom and vulnerability. Her work has been featured by the Griffin Museum and Der Greif. www.jillbemis.com
PATRICIA VOULGARIS (NYC) explores themes of surrealism, conspiracy, and the Occult. Her work has been featured in Dear Dave Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, New York Magazine, The New York Times, The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine. She is a grant recipient from the Lucie Foundation and Aaron Siskind Foundation. www.patriciavoulgaris.com
ROBERT HICKERSON (NYC) uses studio photography to explore themes of fantasy, memory and Queer anxiety. He recently held a solo exhibition at Handwerker Gallery (Ithaca College). His work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Art Newspaper, Time Magazine, and VICE. www.roberthickerson.com
LIFE, STILL
UPSTATE ART WEEKEND
JULY 17-21
ADS WAREHOUSE
105 ANN ST, NEWBURGH NY, 12550
CURATED BY COLIN BEATTIE