Cortney Mansanarez’s solo show Coloring Is... captures queer joy, movement, and vulnerability in bold, expressive portraits of the male form. This ongoing photo series invites us to color outside the lines—where mess, gesture, and light meet in a celebration of queer embodiment.

You can view the full exclusive online at Artsy.net, with new works added biweekly. If you're in Baltimore, don’t miss the chance to see his work in person as part of Dismantled, The Bureau of Queer Art’s Volume 10 collaboration with Maryland Art Place. Opening September 11 during the BROMO Art Walk, and on view through November 1, 2025.

Explore the show at the link in bio and listen to our full podcast conversation with the artist on the InResidency series, available on all major platforms.

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In this bilingual episode of InResidency, artist Majo Martínez joins us for a moving conversation about trans identity, grief, and the role of art as both ritual and resistance. Speaking in both English and Spanish (with subtitles available on YouTube), Majo reflects on their transition, their practice as a weaver and photographer, and the visual metaphors that help them process loss, blindness, borderline identity, and becoming.

This episode builds on the feature Born Smelling a Flower, now available in English and Spanish on Substack.

Learn more about Majo’s work in our digital publication on Substack.
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A conversation on queer visibility, analog nostalgia, and surviving the algorithm—one photograph at a time.

In this episode of INresidency: Queer & Allied Creatives, photographer Michael Epps joins us from Charleston, SC, to talk about the evolution of his practice—from shooting 120mm film in New York to quietly subverting Instagram’s shadowbans. We discuss his love of black and white photography, the emotional charge of working with nude male subjects, and how soul—not tech—should guide every image. With deep reflections on memory, solitude, and resilience, Epps reminds us why queer art still matters—and why it must be seen. Part of The Pride Collections: Chosen Family series, featuring artists from all over.

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In this episode of InResidency, we sit down with Stephen Baboon—photographer, performer, and founder of Native Fruits Collective—to talk about queerness, Haiti, and the radical tenderness in his work. Baboon shares how his layered identity as a queer Haitian artist with Middle Eastern roots informs everything from his commercial collaborations to his fine art practice.

“I create in that in-between state… Identity will never be resolved. We’re complex beings.”

Together, we explore what it means to make beauty in the face of devastation, how art builds community, and why his portraits feel more like altars than images. This conversation is a love letter to cultural hybridity, chosen family, and the power of visual storytelling.

Now streaming on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and all major platforms.

Read the feature article in English or Spanish with our digital magazine on the SUBstack platform https://thebureauofqueerart.substack.com

In this episode, Jorge Tejeda joins us for a moving conversation about queerness, emotion, and the power of drawing the male body with both strength and softness. We talk about his training in architecture, his influences—from Schiele to contemporary dance—and the deeply personal process behind his series Summer Blues, including the featured work Boy with a Gold Earring.

You can read the full interview now in our digital magazine—links in bio—and see Jorge’s work as part of The Pride Collection: Chosen Family, now on view at Artsy.net through August 31.

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In this powerful conversation, multi-hyphenate artist Lady Zen joins The Bureau of Queer Art to reflect on their acclaimed film What’s in a Name, a poetic and unflinching exploration of gender, identity, and self-recognition. Speaking from their home in San Miguel de Allende, they share the emotional and creative process behind transforming a penance chapel—once used to punish queerness—into a space for healing and truth.

We discuss queer photography, the politics of visibility, the myth of industry acceptance, and how Lady Zen’s transmasculine identity informs their work. With humor, vulnerability, and grit, they remind us that visibility isn’t a performance—it’s survival.

This episode is part of The Pride Collection: Chosen Family, a curated series running June 1 through August 31, 2025, that celebrates queer artists building community through creativity and care.

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Through sensuality, survival, and sharp-witted grace, David Jester paints what too many won’t even say out loud. In this powerful episode, Jester reflects on art as confession, HIV survivorship, aging in a queer body, and the brutal cost of being visible. His canvases don’t perform—they speak, reminding us what it means to be seen and still stand tall.

Recorded in conjunction with Pride NOT Permission and the 50 Postcards project, this conversation dives into the emotional core of Jester’s latest work: paintings that don’t seek resolution, but insist on truth.

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In this episode, we reflect on The Bureau of Queer Art’s first-ever Open Studio event—a gathering of current residents, alumni, exhibiting artists, and new voices. Hosted by Micheal Swank, the conversation centers on what it means to share space, exchange stories, and build a creative future across geographies. Hear reflections on the evening, updates on upcoming opportunities like IMMORTAL: Queer Art Fair and 50 Postcards – Pride NOT Permission, and a call to shape what this community looks like moving forward. Whether you're a longtime collaborator or just finding your way in, this one’s for you.