Tom Bovo
Born and raised in Brooklyn, I studied painting and printmaking at Columbia University. I try to be very painterly in my approach to photography. Each photograph is the product of experimentation and exploration. Consciously and unconsciously, I try to impart layers of information about myself and the subject into the final image.
My artistic practice is engaged with exploiting the uncomfortable area between what we actually see, and our perception of what we see. This can create a split-second, initial reaction, before we rationalize away anything that may be something uncomfortable in our reaction. I aim to engage the viewer in this moment where my idea intersects with the individual’s consciousness. My work draws from many different visual elements, such as the structural, the system, the technological, the biological, the ephemeral, the fabricated, and the decorative. I depend upon color, pattern, and texture as the most basic elements of my visual vocabulary.
