Irene Antonia Diane Reece
works in and between the continents.
Born and raised in Houston, TX identifies as a contemporary artist and visual activist. She earned her BFA in Photography and Digital Media (Houston, TX) and MFA in Photography and Image-making (Paris, France).
The topics surrounding her work are racial identity, African diaspora, social injustice, family histories, re-memory, mental and community health. With a background in photography and image-making Reece's journey through lens-based work has transformed her art practice to become critical of the tools that we use to create art in an effort to decentralize whiteness, engage/deconstruct the violence of the camera, protecting Black archives and centralize/celebrate the complexities of the Black identities.
Recently exhibitions at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, previous show include a solo exhibition: Project Row House (Houston, TX). Group exhibitions: Centre Culturel Les Étoiles de Jamaa El Fna, (Marrakech, MAR), Der Greif: David Campany & Taous Dahmani (online), Manifold DELUXE at FREIZE No.9 Cork Street (London, UK). FOTODOK (Utrecht, Netherlands), Lawndale Art Center (Houston, TX), Vogue Festival (Milan, IT), Dak’Art: La Biennale de Dakar, (Dakar, SN). Her work has been featured in NYT, Vogue, Art Papers, OVER Journal, Lenscratch, FOAM Magazine & The Photographer’s Green Book. Additionally contributions for ProPublica and the ‘You Are Your Best Thing’ Anthology by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown.
available for commissions in 2024 and exhibitions from 2025 onward.
contact: info@irenereece.com