Kathleen Tunnell Handel
Artist Statement
As the impact of housing insecurity is brought to the forefront by Covid-19, Where the Heart Is: Portraits from Vernacular American Trailer and Mobile Home Parks investigates this vulnerable housing-form. My ongoing project challenges the ingrained stereotyping of the 20 million Americans who live in such housing, as well as of mobile homes and their communities. Home’s exteriors are presented as portraits revealing the personalities of the unseen residents or are constructed into typology grids archiving differences and commonalities. Observing, collecting, and codifying are imbedded in my creative process and have been my lifelong way of engaging with the world.
Artist Bio
Kathleen Tunnell Handel’s immersive project “Where the Heart Is: Portraits from Vernacular American Trailer and Mobile Home Parks” is an ongoing exploration of the affordable housing sub-culture of manufactured housing communities and mobile home parks. To date, locations include Maine, California, New Jersey, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, and New York. Her photographs are informed by life science studies at Cornell University, receiving a BFA from RISD, and internationally designing award winning woven textile collections. She has studied at schools, workshops, and private studios with mentors including Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb, Cig Harvey, and David Chickey. She lives in NYC.
Pricing
Down the Street - California #01, 2018 and The Edge - California #01, 2017:
Archival pigment print on Canson Rag Photographique, limited edition of 20 + 2 AP
16.5” x 24.75” image on 18.5” x 26.75” paper - $750 unframed
Typology Portrait - Texas #01, 2017:
Archival pigment print on Canson Rag Photographique, limited edition of 16 + 2 AP
16.5” x 24.75” image on 18.5” x 26.75” paper - $750 unframed
