As a lens based artist, Khaleelah I. L. Harris creates new images using film camera and archival photographs through the mixed media collage medium. With a focus on intimacy, southern gothic, African American syncretic religions, and Black women's cultural history; staged photographs and scenes inspired by archival research reveal stories hidden, forgotten, or unimaginable. The new cyanotype printmaking process characterizes her work and deep blue hues invoke the thoughts and emotions experienced when engaging spiritual practices/processes.
Khaleelah is regularly commissioned to create illustrations for essays in The Guardian, The Atlantic, and more.
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"I'm Here, But I'm Not," 2023
Mixed media collage, gelli print on archival images
9" x 21"
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War & Peonies, 2022
Mixed media collage, archival images on paper
13" x 9"
SOLD
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"When You Find Yourself In The Archives"
Analog collage, archival documents and found photos
Commission for The Atlantic, November 2023
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