Artist Category: Represented

James Perkins (b. 1978) is an American sculptor who creates a contemporary discourse for the nonsite—a term originated by Robert Smithson in 1968. Perkins collaborates with nature to make a mark, rather than presenting raw earth as an art object. His “post-totem structures”, silk canvases stretched on wooden frames, are buried in the earth for up to two years and are shaped and painted by the bleaching sun, salt spray, sand, soil, and hurricane force winds. His unique practice merges the philosophies of Land Artists like Michael Heizer, Robert Irwin, and James Turrell, with the sensibilities of minimalist painters like Ad Reinhardt, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko. The performance elements of his work hearken the bodily action painting of Jackson Pollock or Helen Frankenthaler. His work activates these histories to contemplate how abstraction and land can invoke a society to consider a more harmonic, sustainable and shared vision of the future.

He has exhibited with Metro Pictures, the New York University Institute of Fine Arts, County Gallery, Hannah Traore Gallery, Ace Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Dallas Contemporary, and the School of Visual Arts. Most recently, during a one-week residency for the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Perkins installed his sculptures in the Sonoran Desert. Those nonsites will be installed in his Fall 2025 solo show at SMoCA.

Perkins’ work has been featured in Domino, Wallpaper*, Artsy, Hodinkee, Robb Report, LUXE Interiors & Design amongst others. His brand collaborations include Stetson, West Elm, J. Crew, Huckberry, Sleepy Jones, Lulu & Georgia, Faust Wines, UBS and The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Perkins received a BA from Yale University in Chemistry and a Master’s from the School of Visual Arts in Photography. He lives and works in New York City and Fire Island, NY.

Camila Falquez is a New York-based photographer of Colombian heritage, born in Mexico City and raised in Spain. Her work merges the traditions of fashion and portrait photography with a keen focus on contemporary social and gender diversity. By channeling surrealist conventions and employing a bold color palette, Falquez elevates and empowers her subjects, reimagining their presence through a unique visual language.

In 2022, Falquez held her first solo exhibition in New York at Hannah Traore Gallery, titled Gods That Walk Among Us. In 2023, she was honored as the Fashion Photographer of the Year at the Latin American Fashion Awards and that same year Falquez was awarded the TD Bank and NADA Curated Spotlight award. In 2024, she was invited to be a part of The University of Tulsa convening Sovereign Futures with her performance piece with artist Luis Rincon Alba, Chant Down.

Falquez’ photographs are in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Dean Collection; The Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey; and The Perez Art Museum in Miami, Florida; The Ann and Mel Schaffer Collection, among others.

Falquez’s photography explores the intersection of fabric, identity, and historical narrative. Her art reinterprets the traditional use of draped fabric in Western painting, transforming it into a contemporary symbol that challenges and redefines concepts of power and beauty. Projects such as Compañera (2023-2024), a multi-media photography installation and performance advocating for trans and non-binary rights in Colombia; Being (2018-2023), a visual manifesto that reclaims and redefines monumental ideals; all reflect her commitment to amplifying marginalized voices and celebrating diverse experiences.

Misha Japanwala is a Pakistani artist and fashion designer, whose work is rooted in the rejection and deconstruction of shame attached to one’s body, and discussion of themes such as bodily autonomy, gender based violence, moral policing, sexuality and censorship. Speaking to the objectification, commodification and control exerted on marginalized bodies by societies and systems enveloped in patriarchy, Misha’s work aims to create a new historical record and documentation of people — one that is on our own terms, and rooted in honesty, resistance and hope. Through molding the body to create casts that are worn as sculptural garments, Misha’s artistic practice blurs the lines between fashion and fine art, clothing and nudity, and asks viewers to see the body exactly as it is. Her practice is an insistence for bodies to occupy physical space, emphasizing the notion that our bodies shouldn’t need to prove anything other than being allowed to simply exist.

Misha’s calligraphic work takes the form of silhouettes of the body intertwined with Urdu script — often in an effort to reclaim words and ideas that are used as weapons of shame and control. Misha has exhibited work in Pakistan and the US. Her work has been photographed for and written about in numerous international publications including The New York Times, Vogue, The Guardian, Vice, and Document Journal. Misha’s pieces have been worn by people such as Cardi B, Lupita Nyong’o, Lil Nas X, and Joy Crookes. She was an honoree on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2021. Her work continues to be an explorative, radical, and shameless celebration of people and their bodies. Misha Japanwala was raised in Karachi, Pakistan. She has a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design, and is currently based between Karachi and New Jersey, where she lives with her husband, and puppy Snug The Joiner.