Georden West

Georden West is a queer media and installation artist who lives and works in New England. Screened at notable festivals like Outfest and The International Fashion Film Awards, they recently won gold at the Student Academy Awards. Additionally, West is a former Emerson Fellow who received an MFA from Emerson College, where they now serve as an affiliate faculty member, sharing their rich experience with Visual and Media Arts students.

Experimenting with ideas of time-based film and installation art, their work narrates the subculture, history and daily lives of queer people. West builds their provocative, alluring and perhaps even mystic visual stories through haunting, romantic visions. In their oeuvre, Waterhouse meets the contemporary gay club to conjure the artistic magic of queer culture.

For more information about the artist, please visit: geordenewest.com

Artwork Featured:

Patron Saint, 2019, video.

Patron Saint manifests magic and innovation, operating through an inherently queer medium of gender expression – fashion. West fuses Jamall Osterholm’s fashion line and mystical landscape to explore how the power of fashion and media unpacks traditional conventions of gender, race, and sexuality. Starring an all queer cast and creative team, Osterholm and West’s collaboration rebuilds a world reimagining power dynamics and elevates the black queer body to the celestial.