Local Tattooers: Troy Trujillo

Local Tattooers: Troy Trujillo

Troy Trujillo is 20 years into a fruitful career as a tattoo artist. Currently he works at Lonely Hearts Club Tattoo, located at 11 E. 400 South. … read more

Creature Feature: Lucy Fur

Creature Feature: Lucy Fur
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To Lucy, drag has been an extremely important means of expression. “I’ve been dying my hair and getting wild piercings for years, and it’s always been a big part of me—to not feel scared to do what I want to do or to be who I am,” he says. … read more

“Crap. It’s All Crap”: A Review of Something Really Big by SB Dance

“Crap. It’s All Crap”: A Review of Something Really Big...
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This is not your typical Utah happy hour. No, leave the kids at home, order a beer and sit as perplexed and entertained as I was through this intimate, close-to-home and bewildering spectacle. A guy walks into a bar … or a club, rather, and a series of events through time unfold into a myriad

SLUG Style: Denae Shanidiin

SLUG Style: Denae Shanidiin
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Denae Shanidiin is an image maker, ceramicist, and protector of the land, air, and water. Her work responds to her own identity as an Indigenous artist and as a woman. … read more

UMOCA Gala 2018: Seven Deadly Sins

UMOCA Gala 2018: Seven Deadly Sins
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The UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art) annual gala is always reliably and delightfully indulgent. This year’s theme was Seven Deadly Sins, and the event was held inside the museum’s Main Gallery space. … read more

Este Barrio No Se Vende: Jessica Sabogal’s Artistic Activism

Este Barrio No Se Vende: Jessica Sabogal’s Artistic Activism
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Muralist Jessica Sabogal is a first-generation Colombian American whose spray-painted works reach out to marginalized people, show them support and speak the message of their struggle and humanity, which is so often misheard or misrepresented. … read more

Fazilat Soukhakian

Fazilat Soukhakian
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Fazilat Soukhakian’s approach is an active, inquiring one. The Iranian artist-photographer’s work continually records and questions what it means to exist in our contemporary world—what it means to engage with it, to have a stake in it. … read more

Chad Kirkland Photography: A Journey from the Dark Room to the Light Side

Chad Kirkland Photography: A Journey from the Dark Room to...
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Chad Kirkland is a local freelance commercial and editorial photographer. He has shot for companies like Google, Converse, The Wall Street Journal and more. More impressive than his list of clients, however, is his work. “It’s my typewriter, my paintbrush, my microphone and amplifier,” he says, referring to his camera. … read more

Martha Díaz Adam and Visual Ethnology

Martha Díaz Adam and Visual Ethnology

Photographer Martha Díaz Adam, a recent Utah State University BFA graduate in photography, has a penchant for visual ethnography. She seeks to foster understanding among cultures and understanding of underrepresented groups of people—both locally in Utah and abroad—through her photographic portraits and work. … read more

The Illusion of Photographic Realism: Josh Winegar

The Illusion of Photographic Realism: Josh Winegar
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When asked about his process, work or style, Josh Winegar is incredibly particular and often elusive. In regards to whether or not he employs certain techniques or concepts when creating, his most common response is that it varies from work to work. The medium does not present a unidirectional approach to art. … read more