Cheryl Mukherji, Self Portrait with Maa (4), 2023
CHERYL MUKHERJI: 2023 BAXTER ST FELLOWSHIP AT STONELEAF RETREAT
We are so excited to announce Cheryl Mukherji as the awardee of the 2023 Baxter St Fellowship at STONELEAF RETREAT. Mukherji will receive an unrestricted grant of $1,500 and participate in a three week group residency with two other artists. As the Baxter St Fellow she will also take part in an Open Studio day during the fourth edition of UPSTATE ART WEEKEND July 21-24, 2023 which attracts thousands of visitors to the Hudson Valley.
Baxter St at CCNY and STONELEAF RETREAT have partnered together, with the generous support and partnership of 7|G Foundation, to create this inaugural Baxter St Fellowship at STONELEAF RETREAT to support lens based artists with their continued practice.
Cheryl Mukherji
ABOUT CHERYL MUKHERJI
My work is an exploration of origin and inheritance–which is embedded in the figure of my mother and her presence in the family albums. It deals with memory, personal and collective history, transgenerational trauma--and how they inform identity. Currently, I am exploring the legacies and conventions of matrimonial portrait photography for arranged marriages in vernacular archives. Inspired by my mother's matrimonial photographs, I am reimagining the tradition in the context of post-colonial India using photography, printmaking, text, and video to create a counter-archive that articulates new possibilities for pleasure, play, performance, and interiority.
Cheryl Mukherji (b. 1995) is an Indian visual artist and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is a finalist and the subsequent winner of the 97th Annual at the Print Center, Philadelphia, 2023 and a finalist at the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2022 at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, 2022 and a Workspace Resident at Baxter Street at Camera Club of New York, 2021. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at the Museum of the City of New York (US), The Print Center (US), National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian (US), Baxter St. at Camera Club of New York (US), Capture Photography Festival (CA), Minnesota Museum of American Art (US), Huxley-Parlour Gallery (UK), Format Photo Festival (UK), Brooklyn Museum (US), Museum of Moving Image (US), International Center of Photography (US), Serendipity Arts Festival (IN), among others. She holds an MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from ICP-Bard College, New York, 2020.
ABOUT BAXTER ST: Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York supports emerging lens-based artists at critical moments of their careers. Founded in 1884, Baxter St is one of New York’s oldest artist-run nonprofit spaces, and has long been a catalyst for innovative creation within the artistic mediums of photography and video practices. Through exhibitions, workspace residency programs, and conversations series, Baxter St is a hub for a vibrant community deeply engaged in the art of lens-based contemporary practices.
ABOUT 7|G: 7|G Foundation champions organizations and individuals that challenge inequality in human rights, education, art and culture. By partnering with organizations, artists and community facilitators we seek to build strong community bonds that elevate local culture, while supporting cultural change founded upon our core values of social impact and sustainability.