BOAT GHOSTS
In 2019, I was an artist-in-residence at The Varda Artist Residency aboard the S.S. Vallejo, a historical houseboat in Sausalito, CA. The Vallejo was built in 1897 as a passenger ferry, was purchased and repurposed by Jean Varda in the late 50's and became a hot spot of the counterculture scene of the '60s. The boat is also fully haunted and it became clear that I was simply just another transient entity. So in honor of the past, present and future spirits aboard the vessel, I began to photograph myself and my fellow artists onboard as ghostly figures in charged locations of the boat.
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Biography
Born and raised in New York City, Austin Irving is a visual artist who works with large format analog photography. Irving graduated with a BFA from TISCH School Of The Arts at NYU in 2006. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Hong Kong, India, Germany, Paris, and across The United States. Her images have been featured in The LA Times, Wired, Slate, Architectural Digest, Art Ltd., Artillery, TimeOut NY, The International Herald Tribune, The Huffington Post, Frontrunner, Artsy, Yatzer, and Artweek LA.
Irving's work is represented by Wilding Cran Gallery in Los Angeles.
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Awards
GOLD: PX3 Paris Photography Prize – Fine Art/Architecture, 2019
GOLD: PX3 Paris Photography Prize – Nature/Trees, 2019
3RD PLACE: International Competition, The New York Center for Photographic Arts 2019
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Varda Artist Residency Program: Historic SS Vallejo, Sausalito, California, 2019
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: The National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India, 2017
NOMINEE: United States Artists (USA) Fellowship, 2016
FINALIST: Felix Schoeller Photo Award - Architecture and Landscape, Germany, 2015
JURY AWARD: 4th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, 2014
JURY AWARD: 12TH ANNUAL JURIED NATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION, SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
