ARTIST STATEMENT
I enjoy working with texture, shadows and reflections, ritual and camp, and decay. I particularly enjoy photographing mannequins, Catholic art, and signs. My recent work explores intersections between being an adoptee (a “trans” family member) and a mother to a transgender daughter.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kim Potowski works in photography, collage, and assemblage with found and thrifted items. She has been a professor of Spanish linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 2002, where two of her photographs form part of a permanent display in Grant Hall. Her first public photo exhibition “Almas plásticas” (2021, AfriCaribe Cultural Center, Chicago) featured mannequins from around the world. Her mixed media piece “At the Baby Store” (2024) was shown at the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture conference at Brown University. She also maintains a public art display in Wicker Park, Chicago, featured in Intuit Museum’s member magazine (2023).
© Kim Potowski