Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from 2023 Sitka Residency Artist Christian Orellana Bauer. Their body of work ¿Imataq Sutiy? // What is My Name? is on view on the Community Wall through Sat, Aug 31.
This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.
Image © Christian Orellana Bauer
Christian Orellana Bauer (b. Cuenca, Ecuador, 1995, they/he/any) is an interdisciplinary poet, visual artist, filmmaker, and musician working in a wide variety of mediums. They are interested in the intersections between many subjects some of which include language and its relationship to culture, ethnocentrism v.s ethnorelativism, ecology and climate collapse, the idea of cultural belonging and its relationship to race, melancholy, play/humor, as well as the various tensions embedded within and produced by the concepts of post-modernism and neo-liberalism.
Their work has appeared in the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s (RACC) public works collection and has exhibited in galleries and events throughout Oregon as well as in national publications. They have been supported by the Oregon Arts Commission, The RACC, The Nat Turner Project, as well as their family, friends, and community members always.
About the Sitka Residency
The Blue Sky/Sitka Center Photography Residency was created to increase Sitka’s visibility in the photography community through a collaboration with Blue Sky Gallery, one of the most well-known photography galleries in the Pacific Northwest. Each year, Sitka offers 2 alumni of Blue Sky’s exhibitions and Drawers program the opportunity to be in residence at Sitka Center for up to a month. Residents are selected through a jury of Sitka Center and Blue Sky staff, along with a Blue Sky Residency alum.