$18,750.00
is back-ordered. We will ship it separately in 10 to 15 days.
Sasha Phyars-Burgess
Omar at Readi Workshop, Austin, Chicago, 2019
Archival pigment print
Edition: 1 of 1
40 x 50 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $15,000
Starting bid: $8,000
Buy it now: $18,750
*Auction bidding: DARKROOM attendees are able to place bids in-person on paper ballots during the event on February 27, 2025.
*If you are not attending DARKROOM and would like to place a bid, please contact Jaclyn Silverman jsilverman@colum.edu and Patrick Thornton pthornton@colum.edu to add your bid to our ballot.
*Buy it now: All auction items have buy-it-now options and can be purchased directly through this website.
Sasha Phyars-Burgess (American, b. 1988)
As an ongoing exploration of identity, place, family, home, and heritage, much of Sasha Phyars-Burgess’ practice is a photographic meditation on the Black diaspora through intimate black-and-white portraits, still lifes, and street photographs. They are interested in connecting shared black histories around the world by providing, the tender, nuanced representations of Black life and Black imagery that are rarely foregrounded in contemporary media. Omar at Readi Workshop, Austin, Chicago (2019) is from their monograph Untitled (2021) which spans three bodies of work that explore her heritage and its complicated history across Trinidad, Canada, England, and the United States. It won Aperture’s First PhotoBook of the Year award in 2021.
Sasha Phyars-Burgess completed a BA in photography at Bard College and an MFA at Cornell University. Her work has been exhibited at Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago; the Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg; Fotografiska, New York; and Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA; among others. They were the recipient of the Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues in 2021 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2023.
