CHERRY
Cherry’s practice is shaped by his autobiographical identifications to and with a variety of cultural forms and phenomena: immigration, dream and memory, ritualistic practice, queer experience, and the ways the body carries fear and desire through transformation.
Cherry creates photographic installations with heirlooms, folkloric clothing from his native home, and objects or materials that hold emotional resonance, such as everyday objects like kitchen utensils, or ritualistic objects like the conch.
At the heart of his work is the tension between exposure and concealment, and how we mark ourselves and our environment, to feel real, safe, and seen. His practice does not always seek resolution; instead, it creates space for the complexity of being soft and strong, personal and historical.
Cherry has received support by organizations including the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, CultureSource and the Andy Warhol Foundation, the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. He is currently enrolled in a Master of Fine Arts program as a Gilbert Fellow in the Photography Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art.