Exhibits

Psychotic Reactions - Online Exhibit with Landscape Stories Magazine /  by Chris Suspect

Fight in a squat in Bogota, Colombia | © Chris Suspect 2021

I am honored to have two of my projects, harDCore and Gratuity Included featured in this online exhibition called Psychotic Reactions on Landscape Stories Magazine out of Italy.

The exhibit attempts to answer the question "What are the songs that struck us in our adolescence? And then how much music has been a constant presence during our life? What was hiding and what still hides behind that sort of iridescent carnival sound?"

The exhibit features work and quotes from many notable writers and photographers including Chris Killip, Deanna Templeton, Jon Savage, William Gibson, Kirk Weddle, Michael Lavine, and many more.

Gratuity Included Book Release Party and Exhibit is Rescheduled /  by Chris Suspect

As we consistently see events cancelled thanks to COVID-19, I am sad to say my Book Release Party and Exhibit for Gratuity Included on Mar 27th at sPACYcLOUd is also being postponed for the safety of all. We are currently looking at May 8th for now, but it's all still tentative.

So in the spirit of keeping social distancing social, here are some photos of I Against EYE and Zealot RIP, the two bands that were and still are going to play the book release party and exhibit.

And if you haven't heard the second edition of Gratuity Included is now at the printers, so if you missed the first edition and want a copy they are available for presale.

Stay safe out there!

You're Invited! Gratuity Included Book Release Party and Exhibition, Fri., Mar. 27 /  by Chris Suspect

Even though Gratuity Included has sold out online, I did have the foresight to save 20 copies for the upcoming Gratuity Included book release party and exhibit at sPACEycLOUd in Adams Morgan in DC on Friday, Mar 27. In addition, my good friends in the bands Zealot RIP and I Against Eye will be performing. This will really be off the hook as sPACEycLOUd is a great space filled with cool skate decks and lots of Russian, Ukrainian and Eastern European beers. Hope to see you there! Here is the Eventbrite RSVP.

Round Hole Square Peg 4 - Photo LA 2020 /  by Chris Suspect

Bilal’s Apartment Balcony, SW, DC | © Chris Suspect 2020

I am very excited that one of my images from my FAITH project will be part of the Round Hole Square Peg 4 exhibit at PHOTO LA Jan. 30 through Feb 2. Round Hole Square Peg is a biennial international survey of the queer photographic gaze and PHOTO LA is the longest running contemporary art fair on the west coast.

After PHOTO LA, Round Hole Square Peg 4 moves to the City of West Hollywood's Plummer Park Gallery for a longer museum-like run from February 8-March 4, 2020, with a special opening and closing night reception.

Opening night in West Hollywood will feature a celebrity-driven, live photography auction to benefit The Trevor Project: the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth and the ONE Archives Foundation: a vital resource for showcasing the trailblazing history and rich culture of LGBTQ communities through exhibitions, public programs, and education initiatives that pull from the largest collection of LGBTQ archival materials in the world.

After Dark at Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 22, 2019 /  by Chris Suspect

Bogota, Colombia | © 2019 Chris Suspect

My image from a fight in a punk squat in Bogota, Colombia will be on display at Praxis Photo Arts Center in Minneapolis as part of a group show entitled "After Dark". Opening night is November 22nd, 2019 from 6-8PM and the exhibition will be on show through Dec 22nd, 2019.

A few years ago this one was plastered on the side of Nat Geo's Museum during FotoWeek DC (RIP). Glad to see it's still got life!