February 13, 2025
AIR Program Open Studio: Jesse Egner
Date: February 13, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: TILT Artist Lab
Program Description
The AIR Program Open Studio is the public’s opportunity to meet TILT’s artists-in-residence and learn more about their artistic practices. Visit our Artist Lab to meet Jesse Egner, who is in residency at TILT for the month of February. During his residency, Egner will be editing, sequencing, printing, and framing photographs from his series Unaffixed in preparation for a solo exhibition in June 2025. This series features collaborative, playful, and often humorous and absurd portraits of queer individuals that blend reality and fantasy.
Artist Biography
Jesse Egner (he/him) is a queer artist and educator currently based in Brooklyn, New York. He received his BA from Millersville University of Pennsylvania in 2016 and his MFA from Parsons School of Design in 2020. His work has been exhibited and published globally and is included in the permanent collection at the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts. He is a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship recipient and has participated in residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska; Studio Vortex in Arles, France; Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York; and the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont.
Image by Jesse Egner
