James Page (b. 1988, NY, they/them, formerly MF) 

Having grown up on the rocky northern shore of Long Island, James Page is an analogue photographic collage artist and curator in Portland, Oregon. Their work viscerally communicates the slow, cyclical qualities of nature and self-expression through color and form, connecting Page’s internal experience to the world around them. Their collages embrace humanity through being made by hand, offering a point of affinity with the viewer. Over three different cuts, Page shapes their 35mm landscape photography into small curved pieces and then layers and interlocks them to create abstracted compositions. Their tools, including a point-and-shoot camera, are a continuation of the materials from their childhood.

Page is an artist of mixed Western European descent at the intersections of being queer, agender, neurodivergent, self-taught, and trained in environmental studies and mental health. Their work is an innovation born from marrying the traditional art-making practices of photography and collage. Photography is a medium through which they observe the world around them. Collage is a medium through which they work with that reality, deconstruct it, and reconstruct something that wasn’t possible before, making their art about their personal memories and reflections universal. In this way, photographic collage conveys the condition that we are always engaging with what has come before.