The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews - Heather Raquel Phillips

The Naked Truth: Queer Artist Interviews

An interview with unfixed artist Heather Raquel Phillips, They are an unfixed, autonomous person of color living and working in Philadelphia as an interdisciplinary visual artist, educator and independent curator, dedicated to creating equity in the spaces they inhabit. Their work has been written about in Philadelphia Gay News, Hyperallergic, ArtForum.com & Sixty Inches From Center. They recently had their memoir of vignettes published in The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research in issue, 50.2, Black Radical Pleasure and are currently working on a public Art project in front of their residence and have an upcoming show at Practice Gallery (Date TBD).

Examples of Heather's Work (including works referenced in the episode):

• Photography
  • Figure #1
  • Figure #2
  • Figure #3
• (S)ExtraCurricular (ongoing video project)
• Tex(T)iles (pennants/banners)
• Time-based media from a recent show
• Margin (photography of black people and people of color in leather)

Ways to Connect:

• The Naked Truth Show Website
• Website: http://heatheraquelphilllips.com
• Instagram: @heatheraquel
• Vimeo
• YouTube
• Email: [e-mail]

Referenced During the Episode:

• Screenshot of the velvet painting from The Shining (1980, dir. Stanley Kubrick)

This episode was recorded using Zoom.