I make photographic collages that examine trauma, transformation, and queer embodiment. My practice consists of two distinct, interconnected, ongoing bodies of collage: one contains photographs destabilizing and distorting my own anatomy, and the other uses imagery that echoes this deconstruction in pictures of the built environment. A significant distance between the time I make my pictures and when they are used in a collage mirrors the slow, reflective journey that takes place in the wake of emotional trauma. After creating image groupings, I construct compositions by tracing directional energy from one photograph into another. My work is frenetic, yet composed with surgical precision. It reflects a ruptured experience of life in which perception is unreliable, identity is fluid, and meaning emerges through accumulation and perseverance rather than resolution or closure.
J (b. 2000, New York) works under the pseudonym Sin Without God. He has exhibited photographic collage in multiple group shows curated by //PIXELMOUTH at Grace Exhibition Space, New York. J has also had work included in Visual AIDS’ Postcards From The Edge at Berry Campbell Gallery, New York. J was invited to speak about his work on the keynote panel Making Sense, Making Meaning at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2023. In addition to his own practice, J currently works as a studio assistant for both Bill Jacobson and Jordan Eagles. J received a BFA in Photography & Video from the School of Visual Arts in 2023.
sinwithoutgod@gmail.com