A Freeman Residency artist exhibition

Susan Aparicio is a visual artist from southeast LA working in glass, video, and installation. Her work explores memory, cultural preservation, and the influence of media and technology through a personal lens. Drawing from early 2000s pop culture, digital archives, and home footage, her works turn memory and upbringing into sites of reverence and reflection. Aparicio holds dual BA degrees in Studio Art and Cognitive Science from UVA, and earned an MFA in Art from UCLA. She is currently based in Pasadena, CA.

David Askew received their Bachelor of Arts in Painting from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia in 2022. Askew is a Black, Queer, Non-binary oil painter whose work navigates the complex intersections of identity, sexuality, and societal constructs. Through creation of human-bird hybrids, they explore themes of self-identity and the nuanced experiences of queerness, blackness, and racial ambiguity. These beings serve as powerful symbols, confronting the hypersexualization, animalization, and exoticization often associated with Askew’s identity in mainstream narratives. Their goal is to celebrate the beauty and uniqueness of their communities. Askew currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.