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Logan Bellew is a photographer and installation-focused artist based between Brooklyn, New York. The practice of conserving artifacts, stories, and histories form the conceptual core of his work and uses investigative ideologies and autobiographical experiences to develop the deep personal narrative that concerns his work to this day. He volunteers with the AIDS Solidarity Movement of Cyprus where he was a representative for AIDS Action Europe and helps facilitate island-wide HIV education, public speaking, testing, and outreach campaigns when he is on the island. Logan is one of the founding members of The Rockefeller University’s Community Advisory Board for the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and has been working to document the experience of volunteering in medical research before and in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Logan earned an MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico and currently produces exhibitions for the International Center of Photography in New York. He has taught at the State University of New York (SUNY) in New Paltz, Arizona State University and as a visiting professor at New Mexico State University. His photographs, videos, and installations are exhibited and published internationally including the International Association of Photography and Theory in Cyprus and the Museum of Modern Art’s artist book collection among others. He is one of the first international recipients of a residency with the Visual Artist’s Association of Cyprus.
Outside of his community, artistic, and academic work Logan has also made contributions to projects, exhibitions, and publications with the Getty Foundation, Tamarind Institute, Phoenix Art Museum, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale Public Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, galleries Alexander Gray Associates - New York, Julie Saul Gallery - New York, and Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel - São Paulo.
EDUCATION
2016 - MFA Photography, University of New Mexico
2011 - BFA Photography, BA Art History - Arizona State University
TEACHING
2020-23 - State University of New York at New Paltz, Adjunct Lecturer
2022-22 - New Mexico State University, Visiting Professor
2019-22 - Arizona State University, Faculty Associate
2014-16 - University of New Mexico, Instructor of Record
HONORS
2022 - Silver List, Silver Eye Center for Photography
2021 - Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist
2021 - John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship Shortlist
2018 - Artist in Residence: Visual Artists Association, Phytorio, Nicosia, Cyprus
2016 - Beaumont Newhall Fellowship in Photography, University of New Mexico
2014-15 - Phyllis Muth Scholarship for Fine Arts, University of New Mexico,
2014-15 - Graduate Student Success Scholarship, University of New Mexico
2012 - Fulbright full research grant finalist for study in Cyprus
2012 - IN FLUX Public Art Installation Grant, Scottsdale Public Art
2008-11 - Windgate Foundation Scholarship - Photography
COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Modern Art - Artist Books Collection
Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Gallery Kannski, Reykjavik, Iceland
AIDS Solidarity Movement - Cyprus
PUBLICATIONS
2021 - (slowly slowly), Fraction Magazine, artist feature
2021 - (slowly slowly), BOOM Magazine, artist feature
2021 - Primal Sight, survey on contemporary black and white photography, Gnomic Book
2020 - Armarolla: Love Issue V, Quarterly Literary Journal, Nicosia, Cyprus
2018 - Q&A: Logan Bellew: Interview. Rafael Soldi, Strange Fire Collective.
2017 - Moved, Troubled, Affected - Persons who opened their souls to Reporter 2017: Interview. Cyprus Reporter.
2017 - Καλή σας Μέρα (Good Morning): Television interview, World AIDS Day, CYBC - RIK News, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2017 - Καλή σας Μέρα (Good Morning): Radio Interview. World AIDS Day, CYBC Radio, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2017 - Living with HIV: A Discussion with Logan Bellew: Interview. Cyprus Reporter.
2017 - The Alchemical Trace: Transformation and Resilience in Recent Work by LGBTQAI Artists: Exhibition and catalog feature. Fulcrum Fund and the Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM.
LECTURES and PANELS
2022 - Guest Artist Lecture, University of Missouri School of Visual Studies, Columbia, MO
2021 - Artist Lecture - Professional Practices in Photography, TILT Institute (formerly PPAC), Philadelphia, PA
2021 - Artist Lecture, SHARQ Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
2021 - Guest Artist Lecture - Art and Activism, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2021 - Guest Artist Lecture, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
2021 - Guest Artist Lecture, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2021 - Hard Breath V.2: Artist Lecture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA
2021 - Guest Artist Lecture, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2021 - Primal Sight: Panel Discussion for Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair
2021 - Cyprus Medical Students’ Association, Guest Speaker
2020 - Digital Photography Instructor Lecture Series. Arizona State University, AZ
2020 - Metamorphosis: Lecture. State University of New York (SUNY), New Paltz, NY.
2019 - Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies against HIV: Guest Speaker, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
2017 - Positive (in)Life 2: A Discussion with Logan Bellew: Lecture and discussion. Sponsored by AIDS Healthcare Foundation Europe, the AIDS Solidarity Movement of Cyprus, ACCEPT Cyprus, and the Home for Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2017 - Rainbow Meetings: A Discussion with Logan Bellew: Discussion facilitator. Sponsored by Queer Cyprus Association, the AIDS Solidarity Movement of Cyprus, and ACCEPT Cyprus. Home for Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus. 2017 - Eros: An Archaeology: Lecture. State University of New York (SUNY), New Paltz, NY.
2016 - Eros: An Archaeology: Lecture. CFA Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, NM.
2016 - Eros: An Archaeology: Lecture. Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM.
2015 - Photography and HIV: Then and Now: Workshop instructor. Home for Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2015 -Positive (in)Life: Lecture. Sponsored by the AIDS Solidarity Movement of Cyprus and ACCEPT Cyprus. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2015 - Meeting of the Minds: Lecture. University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Second Glances, Gallery Kannski, Reykjavik, Iceland
2022 - Circle of Influence: An Exhibition Honoring Mark Klett, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2021 - Hard Breath V.2, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA (solo)
2021 - Mimento Mori: Mimento Vivere, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020 - Cyprus Queer Perspectives, Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia, Cyprus
2020 - Eye Lounge Retrospective, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2018 - Nursed in Darkness, Phytorio, Visual Artists Association Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (solo)
2018 - This is Not Here: RE Art 21, Pfizer Factory Building, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - The Alchemical Trace: Transformation and Resilience in Recent Work by LGBTQAI Artists, The Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM
2017 - All the Days, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2016 - Eros, CFA Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
2016 - The B-Sides, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - Queering the Lens, The Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM
2015 - Baptism: Self-Portrait as Anita Bryant, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2015 - Connectivity, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2014 - Breakthroughs, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2014 - Fruit Pie: Self Portrait as Anita Bryant, SCA Contemporary, Albuquerque, NM
2014 - Rock, Paper, Pressure, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2013 - At First Sight, AC Squared Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2013 - All Art Arizona 2013, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
2013 - Musings, Photo Center Northwest, Juror John A. Bennette Seattle, WA
2013 - The Sky is Falling: An Exhibition on the Gravity of Things, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2013 - American Dream, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2012 - Angels v.2, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ (solo)
2012 - Fear and Water (lucid dreaming), Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
2012 - Desert Collective: Eye Lounge & Agripas 12, Agripas 12, Negev, Israel
2012 - FRESH: New Works, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
2012 - Strange Language, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, Arizona
2011 - The Episodic Nature of Forgetting, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ 2011 In the loving calm of your arms, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ (solo)
2011 - New Eyes on Ancient Ways: Contemporary Navajo Story Telling, Olney Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2011 - Here, There, and Nowhere, Squeeze Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2011 - Stranded, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ (solo)
2010 - Theories, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ (solo)
2010 - Diné Bikéyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes, Step Gallery, ASU, Tempe, AZ
2010 - Merging Lanes, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
2010 - Process of Progress, Eye Lounge: A Contemporary Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
REVIEWS
2021 - At the Griffin: sense and sensibility; circles and squares; how blue can you get; up close and intimate. Review, Boston Globe.
2018 - This Is Not Here: 57 Artists Challenge the Gamut of Everything. Review, Humble Arts Foundation.
2018 - A New Art Exhibition Sets the Imagination on Fire. Review, Feature Shoot.
2018 - This Is Not Here: Re 21. Exhibition feature, Gayletter.
2017 - The Alchemical Trace: Review. THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM.
2014 - Breakthroughs: Review. THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM.
CONTRIBUTIONS
2019 - Alexandre da Cunha Plaza (arcade): Photographic contributions, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2019 - Cyprus Bound - Othonas Charalambous: published frontispiece, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2019 - Matt Magee: Works 2012-2018: Photographic contributions, Radius Books
2018 - Compendium of Good Practices in the Health Sector Response to HIV in the WHO European Region: Photographic contributions, World Health Organization.
2018 - Brave New You: 37th Youth for Exchange and Understanding Convention. Documentary videography contribution, Armona & Alcoutim, Portugal, and Molina, Spain.
2017-18 - Any Moment Now: Valeska Soares: Exhibition and catalog production, Getty Foundation, Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Phoenix Art Museum.
2017 - Art Forum Critic’s Pick: Valeska Soares: Review of managed exhibition. Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Art Forum.
2017 - Neither Here Nor There: Exhibition production. Alexander Gray Associates, New York, NY.
2017 - UNFOLD: Matrix 176, Valeska Soares: Exhibition & publication production. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
2016 Give Me Life: Iconography and Identity in East LA Murals: Photographic contributions, publication assistance, University of New Mexico Press.
2016 - Garo Z. Antreasian, Reflections on Life and Art: Publication contribution. University of New Mexico Press.
2014 - Covert Operations: Investigating the Known Unknowns: Exhibition and catalog contributions. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Radius Books.
2012 - City of Gold: Tomb and Temple in Ancient Cyprus: Exhibition contribution. Princeton University Art Museum. 2012 - City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus: Catalog contribution. Yale University Press and the Princeton University Art Museum.
2012 Vote for Pedro: Editorial photography contribution. Tomorrow Magazine, Los Angeles, CA.
SERVICE
The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science
2022 - Founding member of the build partnerships, develop and provide recommendations about future research projects and develop new methods of community-engaged research.
AIDS Solidarity Movement of Cyprus - active since 2015:
2021 - Cyprus Medical Students’ Association: Guest Speaker
2019 - Representative for Cyprus and the United States: Member & Partner Meeting, AIDS Action Europe, Berlin, Germany
2018 - Mobile Testing Campaign Pilot Program: Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, & Cyprus.
2017 - Guest Speaker: European HIV Testing Week, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2017 - Guest Speaker/Facilitator: The State of HIV in Cyprus, Queer Cyprus Association, Home for Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus
2015 - Guest Speaker: Cyprus Second Annual Gay Pride Festival, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
2015 - Workshop instructor: Art and Activism - Photography and HIV: Then and Now. Home for Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus