The QUEER|ART COMMUNITY PORTRAIT PROJECT is an annual commission of digital portraits, celebrating artists who are part of our diverse and vibrant community.

The 2020 Queer|Art Community Portrait Project is made possible with lead support from HBO.

For the Queer|Art Community Portrait Project, artists from across different disciplines and generations gather once a year to participate in a marathon photoshoot event, sitting for their portraits as representatives of the Queer|Art community. Over time, the project will chart nuances of generational and personal growth within the community—as many artists return and new artists are welcomed into the mix—all seen through the lens of a different photographer each year.

2022 GALLERY

Photographer: Camilo Godoy

The commission for the 2022 Queer|Art Community Portrait Project was awarded to Camilo Godoy, a long-time staple in the Mentorship community. He was a Fellow with Mentor Carlos Motta in 2012, and now returns to the program as a 2023 Mentor in Visual Art. Camilo is an artist and educator born in Bogotá and based in New York. He has participated in residencies at Movement Research, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), coleção moraes-barbosa, Recess, New Dance Alliance, among others. Godoy's work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum, CUE, OCDChinatown, PROXYCO Gallery, New York; Moody Center, Houston; UNSW Galleries, Sydney; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito; among others. He has performed at Danspace Project, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, New York; Toronto Biennial; and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt. You can learn more at his website.

Camilo selected Julius', the oldest running gay bar in New York City, as the site for this year’s photoshoot. Officially recognized as a New York City landmark as of this year, Julius’ has been the home for every post-show hang after Queer|Art|Film screenings since 2010. Queer|Art’s very own founder, Ira Sachs, even shot scenes of his film Love Is Strange at Julius'!

Click on any picture below to learn more about the person and their affiliation to Queer|Art.

These images should not be reprinted or linked without permission, and credit to the photographer and the Queer|Art Community Portrait Project must always be included. All requests for reusing any of these photographs should be directed to info@queer-art.org.

BEHIND THE SCENES

For the first time, Camilo incorporated video alongside photography in order to capture the fierce radiance of our artists in motion. Take a look at the results!

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