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Artist Statement:
“All art is the memory of our
dark origins, whose fragments
live in the artist forever.”
-Paul Klee
I am not a photographer or a
narcissist. I am an artist
with a camera. I want to push
the boundaries of what I
define as self and other by
playing with ideas of
identity, gender, archetype
and the myriad ways in which
they can be represented. I am
inspired and fascinated by all
of the subtle variations in
mood and character that human
beings are capable of. I can
more deeply explore these
moods and emotions by
physically transforming into
them for a moment in time.
Self portraiture became a
natural extension of my
artistic desire to work with
photography, coupled with my
reclusive personality. This
work is entirely
self-contained. As
photographer, subject,
costumer, makeup artist, and
post-processor, I have
complete control over the
resulting imagery, and am also
able to work alone at three in
the morning if the spirit
moves me.
Ironically, I have a hard time
identifying with my work as
“self” portraiture, because
all of these characters and
personalities seem to be their
own. I just try to give them
life for a moment, acting...
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Kalliope Amorphous Biography:
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Age
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100
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| Gender |
Female
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
poetry, literature, music, visual art |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Romanticism - (1800 - 1850)
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| Your Personal Biography |
Kalliope Amorphous is a model and visual artist whose work explores conceptual self-portraiture as a catalyst for visualizing ideas of identity, gender, archetype and myth. She does not consider herself a photographer, but an “artist with a camera”. Kalliope uses her own image as a prop to create the protagonists of her stories.
Kalliope has received worldwide recognition for her work in self portraiture and her photographs have been exhibited and published throughout the United States and internationally. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for self-portraiture and Obscura Journal’s Outstanding Photo Award.
In addition to her photographic work, Kalliope is a writer of poetry and prose, designs various mixed media works and creates handmade artisan perfumes for Black Baccara perfumery. She currently divides her time between Rhode Island and New York.
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