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PERSONAL PROJECTS
︎︎︎ The Reinforcements
︎︎︎ @WorkingWOC
︎︎︎ THRALL
︎︎︎ The Black Doll
︎︎︎ Namesake
︎︎︎ Inherited Patterns
︎︎︎ The Mist in Mystic
︎︎︎ Tenderheaded
︎︎︎ Bloodlines
︎︎︎ Trust Your Struggle

BOOKS + ZINES
︎︎︎ Do Not Fold
︎︎︎ (up)rooted
︎︎︎ Dodge & Burn
︎︎︎ TOPSY TURVY
︎︎︎ Hard To Place
︎︎︎ Some Kind of War
︎︎︎ History of the World
︎︎︎ Indivisible

INSTALLATIONS
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︎ PhotoPhlo 5+5 Lecture Series (Zoom)




Looking to deepen your photographic practice and connect with contemporary creators? PhotoPhlo’s Fall ’26 Lecture Series is underway, offering an intimate look into the minds, methods, and monographs of today's most compelling visual artists.

Founded as a vibrant community hub for photographers, PhotoPhlo’s virtual events bring together sharp critiques, in-depth artist talks, and dynamic conversations exploring project development, conceptual storytelling, and the evolving world of lens-based media. Whether you're refining a long-term body of work or seeking fresh inspiration for your artistic journey, these sessions offer an invaluable window into contemporary photography.

On Tuesday, November 10, 2026 I’ll be presenting my picks of 5 collage and photomontage artists alongside 5 of my own images.

Explore the lineup and reserve your spot on the PhotoPhlo website.

This is a paid, subscription event that will also get you access to talks by Thomas Holton, Tema Stauffer, Elinor Carucci, Stacy Merhfar, Marueen Drennan and Jason Langer.

︎ Group Exhibition @ Graces Mews (London, UK)



On view October 14, 2026 – January 30, 2027

Graces Mews (London, UK) presents What Rose from the Cut, a group show exploring feminist strategies of collage.

Developed collectively between Graces Mews, curator Fiona Rogers, artist Justine Kurland, and collaborator and collector Sarah Miller Meigs.

The exhibition highlights artists for whom the physical process of image construction — cut out, torn apart, ripped open or sliced off — are directed towards reparative rather than violent ends, allowing for interventions that extend our understanding of heritage, identity and history beyond the limits of archives, to foster a new sense of belonging and conditions for seeing the world otherwise.


Included Artists: Lotte Andersen, Genesis Baez, Anne Bean, Claude Cahun, Tammy Rae Carland, Leonora Carrington, Moki Cherry, Tee Corinne, Giana De Dier, Jazz Grant, K8 Hardy, Lubaina Himid, Kati Horna, Hannah Hughes, Liz Johnson Artur, Mari Katayama, Zofia Kulik, Justine Kurland, Wai Lau, Linder, Dakota Mace, Spandita Malik, Alix Marie, Jacky Marshall, Aspen Mays, Qiana Mestrich, Joiri Minaya, Helina Metaferia, Rachelle Mozman Solano, Yamini Nayar, Frida Orupabo, Gina Osterloh, Martha Rosler, Sarah Sense, Sheida Soleimani, Maud Sulter, Keisha Scarville, Penny Slinger, Annegret Soltau, Divine Southgate-Smith, Sitaara Stodel, Stephanie Syjuco, Dafna Talmor, Thato Toeba, Gee Vaucher, Remedios Varo, Bindi Vora and Carla Williams.

︎ PhMuseum Annual #02 – Giardino




The second issue of PhMuseum’s annual publication follows another full year in contemporary photography. Across 256 pages, you will find twelve extensive portfolios, four exhibitions, a focus on the city of Athens, and an intermezzo dedicated to education.

$45 - Buy Online
Published in 2026, 256 pages, limited edition of 500 copies

Contributing artists: Xiaoxiao Xu, Arhant Shrestha, Clara Simas, Peter Pflügler, Marge Westreich, Jackson Whitefield, Jens Masmann, Sander Coers, Sergey Melnitchenko, Pretika Menon, Qiana Mestrich, Cintia Tortosa Santisteban, Claudia Amatruda, Ying Ang, Sasha Velichko, Manu Gruber, Tim Gassauer, Raul Guillermo, Matthieu Litt, Jatin Gulati, Giulia Arantxa Novelli, JL Javier, Chetna Vaidyanathan, Corey Dziadzio, Charalambos Artemis, Maryna Shtanko, Alexandra Papoutsi, Danae Danica, Danae Panagiotidi, Eirini Androulaki, Kalliopi Dimitrakopoulou, Maria Mavropoulou, Myrto Papadopoulos, Odysseas Tsompanoglou, Valérie Ottavy, Yorgos Kapsalakis

Contributing writers: Charlotte Cotton, Laura Carbonell, Nicolas Polli, Benedetta Casagrande, Colin Pantall, Mariela Sancari, Carla Liesching, Sara Lorusso, Greg Tiani, Katy Hundertmark, Giuseppe Oliverio, Camilla Marrese

︎ Do Not Fold, Spindle Or Mutilate @ CPW Kingston (NY)


On View January 31 – May 10, 2026
Opening January 31, 2026, 5-8PM

CPW Kingston
25 Dederick Street
Kingston, NY 12401



This exhibition features images by Qiana Mestrich, the recipient of the CPW 2025 Saltzman Prize for Emerging Photographer of the Year. The prestigious distinction was awarded to Mestrich by a jury consisting of Dawoud Bey, Stephen Shore, and Lucy Sante.

CPW’s new exhibition includes works from the artist’s ongoing collage series, The Reinforcements, which Mestrich began in 2023 to address the absence in visual archives of women of color in the 1970s and ‘80s American workplace. Through found and personal images, Mestrich constructs a speculative archive that places women of color at the center of familiar office environments–fax machines, telephones, office furniture–bringing to light the important roles they have held in the workplace while critiquing their erasure from its visual history.

Also on view at CPW: 

Ocean Vuong’s Sống
Nona Faustine’s What My Mother Gave Me
Jiatong Lu: Nowhere Land

︎ The Reinforcements Solo Show @ BAXTER ST (NY)


On view June 4 - August 16, 2025 
NEW BAXTER ST LOCATION >> 154 Ludlow Street, NYC
Opening Wednesday, June 4th, 6-8PM 

The Reinforcements (2023-ongoing) is a series of photo collages that visualizes the labor history of Black and immigrant women of color in America’s corporate workplace. This is the first showing of all the collages I’ve made in the last two years. In the middle of the gallery space is a special framing device for my digital collages, an installation of handmade ladders that featuring the “broken rung”, a concept which identifies a critical early-career obstacle for women that is even more pervasive than the glass ceiling.

View installation shots of The Reinforcements show at Baxter St: