b. 1978
Working in photography, video, installation, and text, Cozette Russell explores ways photographic space can expand into sculptural objects. At the intersection of disability and art, Russell investigates the aesthetics of care and care as access through an embodied approach that uses tactile interventions. Russell’s work has shown at various galleries and museums including SFMOMA, the Wexner Center for the Arts, NADA Curated, Harvard University, and A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, where she is a national member.
“Auto Archive, 2022-2024” and “Antigone v.3″ are part of a body of work about rendering the invisible visible. The black and white photographs cover a range of focuses, from studio experimentation to motherhood, self-portraiture, the disabled body, and the natural world, and explore ways photographic space can expand into sensory experiences and sculptural objects. The collages are layered with small nails and use no adhesives. The nails create an added layer of texture and patten and an underlying construction of impermanence.”
Q. If you could offer your younger self any advice at the start of your artistic career, what would it be?”
A. “Experiment. Make work in many mediums. Understand art making is a lifelong path. Trust the process.”