Clark’s MFA in Visual Arts program presents an Art Talk with visiting faculty Patrice Aphrodite Helmar. Patrice Aphrodite Helmar is an artist who was born in Juneau, Alaska. They worked in their father’s small-town camera shop and darkroom growing up and they continue to work in photography. Helmar’s work has been shown at PARTICIPANT INC; the Jewish Museum; Ortega Y Gasset Projects; Gaa Gallery; the National Museum of Iceland; and other spaces. Helmar’s multidisciplinary work is concerned with issues of labor, class, queerness, and the politics of representation. They have held faculty positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Fordham University, and Pratt Institute.
