Family Room is a group exhibition and immersive installation designed by a national consortium of LGBTQ+ artists and performers. This functional and modular living room, featuring art, craft and design objects that were made, altered or found by the featured artists, is a stage for visual artworks and performances that examine queer domestic space and the chosen family. Explore imagery and artworks from the exhibition below, and click individual artworks to read statements from the artists.
This exhibition may represent a home, but many of us are guests in this place. O'ghe P'oghe is the original Tewa name for Santa Fe, meaning White Shell, Water Place. form & concept is located on unceded territorial lands of the Tewa and Tanos people. We honor the land itself, and the Indi genous stewards of this land. We gratefully recognize this historic and contemporary context.
Banner artwork by Ravenna Osgood, photography by Byron Flesher.
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Curatorial Statement
ExcerptFor Family Room, I envisioned a contemporary art exhibition that might inspire a sense of wonder and curiosity among visitors about queer culture and history. I wanted to show how LGBTQ+ artists today are mapping their own ancestries and forming chosen families.
No matter how you identify, this exhibition is an invitation to examine your own relationship to family and heritage. welcome home.
- Jordan Eddy, Curator
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Artists & Contributors
Tami Abts, Tigre Bailando, Nikesha Breeze, C. Alex Clark, Adrian Coffey, sheri crider, Andrea Deléon, Erika Diamond, Tilke Elkins, Pascal Emmer, Kyle Farrell, Niomi “Moss” Fawn, Timothy Jones, Alex Krales, c marquez, Nate Masse, Earl Mcbride, Jacks McNamara, Katie Morales, JQ Nightshade, Ravenna Osgood, Santa Fe Playhouse, Jenn Shapland, Eli Smith, Martín Wannman, Chelsea Weathers, Obie Weathers, Doreen Wittenbols, Anastasio Wrobel, and Saints Ball: Allison Saint, Jotoantics, Kuwani, Liviana, Nadia Bizness, The Wych Heishii
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North
Tigre Bailando's hearth installation, ad Larem, anchors the north wall.This view features loans from Jacks McNamara (the rocking chair and children's drawing table) and Kyle Farrell (the grandfather clock). At left, the bookshelf holds queer literature selected by JQ Nightshade & Alex Krales, Jordan Eddy & Kyle Farrell, Jenn Shapland & Chelsea Weathers, and Jacks McNamara & Katy Medley.
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In this view.
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Nikesha Breeze, you must change your life, 2020$ 5,000.00
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Nikesha Breeze, a little to the left, 2021$ 1,000.00
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Tigre Bailando, ad Larem, 2021
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Ravenna Osgood, Family Tree (wallpaper), 2021
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Anastasio Wrobel, Magnum Opus, 2014$ 200.00
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Jacks McNamara, Early Spring Spell, 2020Sold
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Jacks McNamara, Everything is Connected 1, 2019Sold
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Jacks McNamara, Femme Magic, 2019Sold
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Jacks McNamara, Miracle, 2020$ 350.00
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Jacks McNamara, We Will Be Released, 2020$ 375.00
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Jacks McNamara, Whisper Spell, 2020Sold
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Erika Diamond, Queer Rag Rug, 2021$ 2,000.00
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South
A floral couch loaned by Santa Fe Playhouse—which previously appeared in a production of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home—takes center stage. Furniture includes a side table by Niomi "Moss" Fawn, coat rack by sheri crider (with ephemera from sheri's chosen family at Sanitary Tortilla Factory) and a coffee table by Nate Masse.
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In this view.
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Eli Smith, Vertebral, 2020$ 2,200.00
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Ravenna Osgood, Birds (wallpaper) , 2021
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Niomi "Moss" Fawn, I'm here for it/Holding Space (side table), 2021$ 700.00
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sheri crider, Dream of a Common Language, 2021$ 600.00
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c marquez, 8, 2020$ 44.00
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C Alex Clark, “No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.”, 2021$ 250.00
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West
A center, Tilke Elkins presents an interactive chest of drawers filled with tiny artworks made from wild pigments and materials. Curtain panels are by Erika Diamond (at left) and Alex Krales & Timothy Jones. c marquez's chandelier at top right is made entirely from tall-tumble-mustard.
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In this view.
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c marquez, 143, 2020$ 3,500.00
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Nate Masse, the grid, 2021$ 450.00
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Alex Krales, Lil Yappi 1 (curtain panel), 2020$ 400.00
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Erika Diamond, Lace Kevlar Curtain, 2020$ 1,700.00
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Tilke Elkins, Guidelines for Touching, 2018
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Blue and red with grey figures, 2018$ 640.00
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Brown with blue figures, 2020$ 780.00
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Orange with yellow-green figures, 2018$ 640.00
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Pale cream with blue and dark blue figures, 2018$ 640.00
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Pale purple with pink and orange figures, 2020$ 780.00
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Red ochre with green figures, 2020$ 780.00
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Yellow and green with red and grey figures, 2020$ 780.00
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Tilke Elkins, OTHER ANIMALS I ALMOST SEE: Yellow with purple figures, 2020$ 780.00
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Niomi "Moss" Fawn, Houses for the Well Ancestors 1, 2021$ 75.00
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Niomi "Moss" Fawn, Houses for the Well Ancestors 2, 2021$ 75.00
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East
At center, Doreen Wittenbols presents a wall installation inspired by her grandmother's house. The closet at right features outfits in the colors of the original LGBTQ+ pride flag by Saints Ball, Albuquerque's premiere alternative drag troupe.
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In this view.
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c Marquez, 1601, 2020$ 1,601.00
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Tigre Bailando, Carry Light, 2021$ 1,000.00
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Pascal Emmer, Tentare, 2021$ 440.00
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JQ Nightshade, Candelabrum, 2020$ 225.00
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Adrian Coffey, Monica & Me, 2021$ 250.00
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Niomi "Moss" Fawn, Portal For The Soft Witches$ 550.00
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Tilke Elkins, How to Eat Color & Paint Who You Are, 2017$ 60.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.VII, 2020$ 785.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.VIII, 2020$ 785.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.X, 2020$ 785.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XI, 2020$ 785.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XI, 2020$ 785.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XII, 2020$ 1,250.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XIII, 2020$ 510.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XIV, 2020$ 1,280.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XIX, 2020$ 1,250.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XV, 2020$ 1,280.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XVI, 2020$ 1,280.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XVII, 2020$ 1,250.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XVIII, 2020$ 1,280.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XVIII, 2020$ 1,280.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XX, 2020$ 960.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XXI, 2020$ 815.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XXII, 2020$ 895.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XXIII, 2020$ 895.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XXIV, 2020$ 815.00
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Doreen Wittenbols, New Skin For The Old Ceremony v.XXIX, 2020$ 680.00
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Saints Ball
Saints Ball is Albuquerque's premiere alternative drag troupe. As part of our Family Room exhibition, the performance group and chosen family presents fashion designs and visual artwork inspired by the colors of the original LGBTQ+ pride flag. The outfits appear in Family Room's closet space, and the artworks appear on a rainbow-stripe wall in the gallery's front windows.