The Bureau of Queer Art

This is a unique artist couple who have participated in our residency programming and have been huge supporters of the project since inception. Therefore, I conducted the interview with them as a duo to see what kind of madness we could reveal. There indeed is madness along with a ton of creativity.

A new episode just released - Messy is Beautiful. A conversation with Jessica Ledwich! Journey with us as we traverse the captivating landscapes of artistry, igniting connection and expression within the Queer and Allied studio art community. Experience artistry at its finest, unified in both form and content. This is more than a podcast and magazine; it's an odyssey through the boundless real...

Ever since Oli Boyer was a child, they had been experimenting with a gamut of mediums and art practices. It began with pencil drawings which led to mixed media sculptures. Boyer's work has always been a way to communicate with the world, an alternative to difficulties verbalizing thoughts. This grew with age as they experienced more issues with their identity and physical body. Boyer wants us to s...

In Miguel Casco’s “El desayuno” (The Breakfast) a group of young men and women gather naked to perform the sensual feast of eating. They meet in the darkness of the early morning and slowly shed shadow and clothing. Perhaps they are there to perform a Dionysian feast in which their bodies are integrated with food and nature as a puzzle that brings together actions and observable forms of behavior?...

Through a captivating exploration of light, color, imagery, and symbolism, Wilhite delves into the intricate tapestry of queer identity and invites viewers to contemplate their own relationship with ambiguity, duality, and constructed identities."Queer Tarot Revolution" presents a series of paintings that serve as a visual manifestation of the complex nature of identity. Wilhite's artistry delves...

What a pleasure and honor to get to spend time with performance artist, gender activist, and maestro Lechedevirgen. This one is a little longer in format, but how do you edit an intense conversation balancing colonialism, gender identity, activism, teaching, and survival into a short format? We slip in and out of Spanish, but we focussed on speaking English in the context of knowing the potential...

The Bureau of Queer Art is social media and print magazine for contemporary Queer and allied artists to explore representation, identity, and themes of outsiderness in a culture of mall-ification.

Adam David Bencomo is a photographic artist currently based out of Baltimore, Maryland. Adam came to us in 2020 presenting a unique perspective on the queer bodies of larger men. His humor and light are threaded throughout his different series of photographs and give a perspective that welcomes all types of men into the queer world. Adam identifies as male-ish. Adam uses both they/them/their and h...

You know when you meet someone special. Someone with that light shining bright and full of talent. Robert Rausch came to us as part of Fotografia 2021 and joined the residency program to develop several new projects. His photography is an astonishing amalgamation of painted and sculpted objects which create their own worlds. It also doesn't hurt that Rausch is extremely humble and collaborative in...

Perception is not everything. Stephen Brucker works within a fragile world using what appears to be a fragile medium to tell his queer story. Art Gallery Studios invites the Queer and Allied community to be part of the Bureau of Queer Art | exhibitions • podcast • magazine • media. Apply. Subscribe. Kiki. Season 1 of our new podcast has launched and the companion magazine will release on July 22,...

There is a long history of art made during times of war which can be used to paint a broad brush stroke over the experiences of the multitudes. If you are studying art history or at all interested in the stories of those affected, you discover the voices of humanity and the inhumane acts of violence live in proximity to life and beauty. Costa Gorel left Moscow to participate in Art Madrid in the s...