Katrina Del Mar
High-contrast living? Katrina del Mar practically invented that concept. In her photography, independent films, poetry and multimedia collaborations, this award-winning artist has created a visual encyclopedia of queer, feminist, lowbrow iconography. ″I´m not jaded. I still get excited for Pride; I´m still on a mission to promote lesbian visibility, feminism, queer rights. I´m still on a mission to push myself in creative work, because if I don´t do it, it may never happen,″ she says. Called ″the lesbian Russ Meyer″ (it´s a compliment), del Mar has shown her critically acclaimed Girl Gang Trilogy of films at international venues, including the Museum for Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, the Fringe Film Festival in London, Reykjavik´s Bio Paradis and the MoMA Dome 2 in NYC´s Rockaway Beach. Over the past year, she´s held two solo photography shows: Girls Girls Girls at Participant Inc and Summer Sang in Me at Strange Loop Gallery, both in NYC. This summer, she´ll present paintings, photos, readings and music in Provincetown, MA. And if that wasn´t enough, del Mar is taking up writing again. ″It started with poetry a few years ago, just these blurts. Now I´m adapting my Girl Gang Trilogy into novels,″ she reveals. ″I figure why not: life is short, might as well make a mess.″ -KL
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