BIO
Natasha Harrison was born in Chesapeake, VA, and currently lives and works in Orlando, FL. She has received her BFA in Studio Arts, with a specialization in Photography from the University of Central Florida. She uses digital and darkroom photographic processes to create slightly askew images that offer a softer way to approach bigger issues like mental health, time, and capitalism. Recently, she was featured in a group exhibition Air Index, displayed at Equivalent Behavior, London, UK. She has shown work at CityArts gallery in downtown Orlando and co-curated the exhibition Isolated Suburbia, which featured fellow UCF fine art students. She is currently the assistant to lumen print artist, Rachelle Bussieres, a NYC based artist. She is interning for LUMIÈRE NYC, as well as working at a local art production lab in Downtown Orlando.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My photographic images appear "normal" but include skewed and bizarre details to present a distorted reality that is fun to visually unfold. Hidden within my work is a self-portrait, hiding behind humor and storytelling to describe my life from being a queer woman, to living in Florida most of my life. I use digital photographic processes to navigate subjects of mental health, time, and capitalism. My slightly askew images offer a softer way to approach bigger issues. By capturing something visually appealing, the viewer is invited to discover a deeper, darker truth makes it easier to understand.