Jason Byron Gavann, The Girls Giving Face, Cleavage, and Polyester, 1977. Photograph, RC color print, 8 x 10 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Exhibitions
Christian Walker: The Profane and the Poignant, co-curated with Noam Parness. Now on view at Atlanta Contemporary through May 25. Originated at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York City in fall 2023 and traveled to Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) in spring 2024. Reviewed in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Brooklyn Rail, Boston Art Review, and Fine Books & Collections. Covered in The Art Section and Tufts Now. Featured in the “Best Art of 2023” by the New York Times.
As the World Burns: Queer Photography and Nightlife in Boston, curated in partnership with TUAG Curator Laurel V. McLaughlin at TUAG in spring 2024. Reviewed in the Boston Globe, Filthy Dreams, Wonderland, Musée, and Art New England. Featured in “Thirteen Exhibitions to Catch This Winter” by Boston Art Review.
Future Minded: New Works in the Collection, co-curated with Soyoung Lee at the Harvard Art Museums in spring 2024. Reviewed in the Harvard Crimson, Harvard Independent, and Cambridge Day.
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Curatorial Writings and Interviews
“Photographer Jason Byron Gavann Takes Us Inside Boston’s Unsung Queer Scene,” published in Interview (online), April 11, 2024
“Dossier: Christian Walker,” co-written with Noam Parness, published in ART PAPERS (online), March 20, 2024
“From The Other Side,” published in The Baffler (online), February 22, 2024
“Voices from the Collections: Photographer Guanyu Xu in Conversation with Curatorial Fellow Jackson Davidow,” published in Index (Harvard Art Museums), June 25, 2023
“American Soldier Photography,” published in Index (Harvard Art Museums), April 12, 2023
“Allen Frame, interviewed by Jackson Davidow,” published in the brochure for Please Stay Home: Darrel Ellis in Dialogue with Leslie Hewitt and Wardell Milan, curated by Makeda Best, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, February to April 2023
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Collaborations with Boudoir
As the World Burns at ManRay, Cambridge, March 21, 2024
First Fridays: Back with Boudoir, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, June 3, 2022
Cover story profile of Boudoir in Boston Compass Newspaper, October 2022