Avery Savage

Mon Chez Moi

Digital C-print

About the artist

Avery Savage

I am a Black multi-disciplinary artist based in Chinatown, NYC. My practice began with photography around 2017 and has since grown to intersect with (digital / physical) collage and, most recently, painting. The first public presentation of my work was The Night Show in 2018: a one-night-only, self-produced exhibition of photography of the streets and faces that make up New York. It included digital prints of my recent work as well as a moving slideshow of candid portraiture I’d taken over the years, where visitors and friends could find their faces lost in a moment past. A physical sequel to this was the release of my experimental art book, 98 &GRAND, self-published in 2019. 98 &GRAND contains over 70 pages of full-color photographs—both digital and analog—collected objects, and handwritten anecdotes.

Its pages show the city’s ecosystem—the synchronized yet autonomous motion of New York’s daily inhabitants, old and new. My work has been featured in several group shows and presentations, including JUICE LOVE, hosted by JBB Collective, Brooklyn, 2018; Mari Geti on Tour, The Living Gallery Brooklyn, curated by Mari Geti, 2019; and CAFFEINE, The Living Gallery Brooklyn, curated by Reuben Gordan & Zack Lawler, 2019. In 2020, I shot and directed ad campaigns for Learning and Peels, skate brands based in NYC, as well as Most Saturated, a jewelry brand. I also collaborated to create the Behind the Movement Series: photo & graphics spreads highlighting the leaders that stepped up and organized in protests, vigils, and community support during the BLM movement of June 2020. My work has been featured in Office Magazine and Jenkim Magazine, both in 2019, and [AL]MAN{i}AC, a Catalog of Influences by graphic designer Angela Lian in 2020.