Bryson Rand
Bryson Rand's black and white photographs are explorations of light, desire, and sexuality. Presenting subjects in raw moments of ecstasy, Rand incites a study of how people relate to their own bodies and desires, and aims to shift the perception of human flesh as shameful toward acceptance and celebration. Rand's photosets juxtapose imagery of plants and nature, including snaking tree branches speckled with thick droplets of water, paralleled with abstracted figures consistent of entangled limbs, genitals, and gaze, noting the inherent eroticism present in each of these natural forms.
Rand's first solo show, Some Small Fever, exhibited in 2017 at La Mama La Galleria in New York. He has participated in a number of group shows at various galleries including Revival Arthouse Theater in Brooklyn (2017); Ground Floor in Queens (2017); Westbeth Gallery in New York (2017); Re: Art Show in Brooklyn (2017); Green Hall Gallery at Yale University in New Haven (2016); TGIF Gallery in Brooklyn (2016), Sheppard Contemporary at the University of Nevada in Reno (2016); LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University in New York (2016); Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco (2015); Regen Projects in Los Angeles (2015); and Galeria Sto. Antonio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2012). …
Bryson Rand's black and white photographs are explorations of light, desire, and sexuality. Presenting subjects in raw moments of ecstasy, Rand incites a study of how people relate to their own bodies and desires, and aims to shift the perception of human flesh as shameful toward acceptance and celebration. Rand's photosets juxtapose imagery of plants and nature, including snaking tree branches speckled with thick droplets of water, paralleled with abstracted figures consistent of entangled limbs, genitals, and gaze, noting the inherent eroticism present in each of these natural forms.
Rand's first solo show, Some Small Fever, exhibited in 2017 at La Mama La Galleria in New York. He has participated in a number of group shows at various galleries including Revival Arthouse Theater in Brooklyn (2017); Ground Floor in Queens (2017); Westbeth Gallery in New York (2017); Re: Art Show in Brooklyn (2017); Green Hall Gallery at Yale University in New Haven (2016); TGIF Gallery in Brooklyn (2016), Sheppard Contemporary at the University of Nevada in Reno (2016); LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University in New York (2016); Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco (2015); Regen Projects in Los Angeles (2015); and Galeria Sto. Antonio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2012). He was the recipient of the John Ferguson Weir Award from Yale School of Art in 2015, The Seton Elm and Ivy Award from Yale University in 2014, and the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2009. His work appears in private collections across the United States including Chuck Close's collection in New York, NY; Bill Arning's collection in Houston, Texas; and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
