On March 22, 2016, from 6:30-7:15pm, I will be live streaming a performance of Cut Piece with Transgender Body. Watch it here!
Publication: Undercurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies
I am pleased to announce that Ways to Change the Body/Land is a featured artwork in the “From Queer/Nature to Queer Ecologies: Celebrating 20 Years of Scholarship and Creativity of Undercurrents”. View the full issue here.
The Wave of Mutilation at Artscape, Baltimore, MD 07/17-07/19/2016
The Wave of Mutilation will be on display at Artscpape 2015, from July 17–19th with live performance of the Pixies’ song “Wave of Mutilation” by local musician and Samesies Island resident Jack Pinder.
Residency: The School of Making Thinking, East Branch, NY 06/13-07/05/2015
I will be participating in a residency at The School of Making Thinking this Summer in the Re-Re-Make: An Immersive Performance Lab session. Learn more about the residency here: http://www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com/
Talk: Queer Speculations Symposium, College Park, MD 04/22/2015
I will be giving a presentation called “The Natural Queer at Home, Abroad, and in Utopia” at the Queer Speculations Symposium at University of Maryland College Park on April 17th.
More info here: http://lgbts.umd.edu/dcqueerstudies-symposium/
Samesies Island in Art Papers March/April 2015 Issue
Samesies Island is featured in the March/April edition of Art Papers in a great article by Risa Puleo titled “New Spaces of Queer Separatism”. The article also includes work from Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Rachael Shannon and other queer feminist heroes!
Maryland State Arts Council Artist Award in Photography, 2015
I am pleased to announce that I have been selected for a 2015 Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council for photography! Find the press release here.
Toward A Better Future and the New Media Showcase at the College Art Association Conference, NYC 02/11-02/14/15
I will be giving a talk at ArtSpace at the CAA conference this February titled “The Natural Queer at Home, Abroad and in Utopia”, summing up my work through the lens of queer ecology. I will also be a part of the New Media Caucus showcase on Thursday night at Hunter College.
Art As Research at Provisions Library, Fairfax, VA 10/01-10/31/14
I am pleased to announce an exhibition of my latest piece made during my Research Residency at Provisions Library, Niagara Falls Without Water, 1969 + 2014 in the exhibition Art As Research. On view at George Mason University gallery in October.
Drive-By: Jaimes Mayhew and Stephanie Benassi
My latest work is featured in the Vulcan Gallery at the Workhouse Arts Center in a two person show with Stephanie Benassi. The show run is from May 6–July 6, 2014.
Provisions Library Research Residency
The Autonomous Energy Research Lab has been chosen as a 2013-2014 research fellow at Provisions Library! The residency will be for three weeks in January 2014, and will provide startup funds for a new research endeavor called The US Archive of Art and Electricity.
Announcement: Life After Boring (LAB) Studios Residency is here!
I am embarking on a new project with Baltimore artist Marian April Glebes. LABStudios is a residency program currently based in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District. We will be hosting our first round of artists this summer.
Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures at 808 Gallery in Boston
The Autonomous Energy Research Lab will be presented at Boston University’s 808 Gallery for the exhibition Alternative Visions/Sustainable Futures, curated by Lynne Cooney and Dana Clancy.
Queer Is Where The Heart Is: Baltimore Opens July 27th
This exhibition, zine and mix cd of queer related work will open on July 27th at Metro Gallery in Baltimore. More info about the show is below:
Queer Is Where The Heart Is is a an art exchange organized by Jaimes Mayhew, Kristen Anchor and Andrea Shearer. This exchange between Iceland and the US explores the many nuances of queerness with a special interest in how queerness relates to place. As a transitory and ever-evolving identity and social group, roughly defined by what we are not, queers are no strangers to claiming place– making home where the heart is — often in the margins, with fluid definitions, in self-defined categories, relationships, and places. This project includes exhibitions in Reykjavik and Baltimore, an online archive, an exhibition zine, and a compilation music cd.
Research Lab at RAFLOST on Viðey Island this Saturday
I will be participating in the Reykjavík Electronic Arts Festival (RAFLOST) this Saturday. The full schedule for RAFLOST can be found here.
Report From Iceland, Part 2 on saint-lucy.com
My ongoing series of short essays about my time in Iceland on artist/writer Mark Alice Durant’s website Saint Lucy has been updated. Check out the latest text and photos here.
Opening at Hoffmansgallerí on Friday May 11th at 4pm
I will be celebrating the opening of a solo show featuring some of the work I have completed while in Iceland. The show will be up until late July 2012. Hoffmansgallerí address: Hringbraut 121, 4th Floor, Reykjavík.
Artist Talk at Reykjavik Downtown Hostel
I will be giving a brief presentation of my work in Iceland as the Autonomous Energy Research Lab tonight at Reykjavik Downtown Hostel, followed by a screening of the documentary Dreamland.
Event at Menningarverkefnið Hlaðan in Vogar, Iceland
I will be bringing my mobile research lab to Menningarverkefnið Hlaðan in Vogar tonight as a part of the weekend festival Elinan Olohuone / Stofan hennar Elinu (Elina’s Living Room) starting at 8pm.
Artist talk at Tufts University
I will be giving an artist talk at Tufts University via Skype tonight, April 4th at 6:30pm, talking about The Failure Support Group and other projects with kanarinka and the Institute for Infinitely Small Things.