Current Projects
New Work:
"Disturbing" Series
"Disturbing" Series
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Photography Series:
"FRAMED: On Her Own Terms"
"FRAMED: On Her Own Terms"
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ArtPrize 9: September 20 - October 8, 2018
"Who Do You Think You Are: The Selfie Deconstructed"
"Who Do You Think You Are: The Selfie Deconstructed"
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Over 100 million Selfies are taken every day, and over 1,000 are posted to Instagram every SECOND. What are we doing? And what do all these Selfies tell us about our understanding of identity?
As an artist and filmmaker, I am usually either behind the camera lens or carefully crafting how I am represented. But with this project, I wanted to poke a little fun at the Self I think I am presenting to the world through social media. Beginning with a Selfie, I deconstruct the image by making a ‘blind contour’ drawing of the photo (a drawing made by not looking at the paper) and then paint directly from the drawing. Through this process, the original Selfie is transformed, leaving a less controlled, more whimsical self-portrait that can be interpreted in many ways. |
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"What do all these Selfies say about our understanding of identity?"
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Who?
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Cary Okoro is an artist, writer and filmmaker, a lover of nature, dogs and art, and an occasional troublemaker.
She lives with her husband, two children and their geriatric golden retriever in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And let's face it, the golden retriever runs this show. 
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