Michael Khuth
Protector/Protected, Holding/Held
Found photographs, original photography, tape, 2021
Michael Khuth (b. 1998, Rochester, Minnesota) is a queer Khmer American lens-based artist and independent curator. Khuth approaches collage as a visual language to explore, articulate, and reflect on queer identity and notions of becoming. Khuth is the founder and curator of Generation Magazine, a publication dedicated to forming a collective space for artists within the Cambodian diaspora. Khuth holds a BA in media and cultural studies from Macalester College. Upon graduating, they are thankful to have been awarded grants, fellowships, and a residency from the Chautauqua School of Art, the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, the Southeast Asian Diaspora Project, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, and the Emerging Curators Institute.
• Photo scanned and collaged by the author