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BIOGRAPHY
Inspired by her childhood in the American deep South, Graham’s work is infused with Southern Gothic iconography, dark humor and the occasional literary reference. She transforms herself as well as artist and musician friends into characters from folklore, myth and literature that she has extensively researched in order to create an image filled with symbolism that leaves clues toward a better understanding of the inner workings of the character’s mind.
With degrees in psychology (BA Psychology, Northwestern State University) and fine art (MFA Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design), Graham uses photography as a way to bring together all the mediums she loves to work with. Every image begins as a detailed drawing which is then constructed into reality with the creation of costumes and props using needle and thread, plaster and paint-- all the illusions of the theatre in order to create in instant to be captured by the click of the camera. Then begins the process of alternating layers of drawing and photographic image, scratching and distortion-- layering up to a completed image.
Though she has been exiled from her beloved New Orleans since hurricane Katrina, she has used the cold long winter months of her recent home of Minneapolis, Minnesota to continue to develop her painting and photography work pursue illustration projects, and in her spare time, document the local music scene.
