Jae Southerland is a working class queer visual artist and graphic designer from North Carolina currently living and working in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. They received an AAS in Graphic Design from GTCC in Jamestown, NC (2009), and a BA in History from UNCG in Greensboro, NC (2006).
Their creative practice has included painting, zine making, sculpture, interactive installation, photography, video, and graphic design. More recently, they began working with tulle as their primary medium to create small adornments, sculptural pieces, and site-specific installations.
In 2022, Southerland created their first interactive public work, where we dream–an outdoor installation made with hand-dyed tulle and reclaimed wood, constructed on the beach at Laurel Lake in Erving, Massachusetts. The piece was dedicated to the transgender community and part of the Survivor Art Collective’s annual Queer Trans Beach Day. In May 2023, they held their first solo showing of work, tender fortress, as part of an ARC 2023 residency at A.P.E. Ltd Gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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