Merik Goma - As I wait, Untitled 6
Merik Goma - As I wait, Untitled 6
As I wait, Untitled 6, Archival Ink-jet, 2019, 20x30
In my series "As I Wait," my focus was on symbols, narratives, and transitive moments. The series utilizes objects like bread, which can take on multiple meanings, such as the Eucharist or money. The symbols and theatrical sets are intended to engage the viewer in their own personal dialogues and histories. After completing this work, I aimed to continue using the world I had created as the framework for my next series.
Merik Goma (born in Manistee, MI in 1987.) is a photographer and alumni of the NXTHVN Studio Fellowship Program. Goma builds intricate sets within his studio that he uses both as subjects of tableaux and as backdrops for narrative portrait photography. His technique is painterly in execution, with close attention paid to color and lighting. His work has been shown In
gallery as presenting work in NYC in places like Tilton Gallery, Management Gallery and a solo both at Photo Fair. He has also shown work and is in the collection of 21C Museum, Yale University Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Art and Everton Museum of Art. Goma was the FY21 Connecticut Artistic Excellence award recipient in photography and was selected as the Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence by the Amistad Center for Arts & Culture at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
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