Intersect Aspen 2022: Booth A16

Saïdou Dicko Biography Saïdou Dicko (b. 1979) is a self-taught visual artist from Burkina Faso whose practice spans photography, painting, videography, and installation. Inspired by his Fulani roots, Dicko builds his work around a signature motif: the shadow. He creates portraits of figures set against textured backgrounds enhanced with paint, collage, and textile elements, then hand-paints each silhouetted subject in black—flattening them into anonymous, universalized Shadowed People. The figures are brought to life by patterns and colors drawn from Fulani cloth, an homage to the resilience of traditional West African craftsmanship in the face of global industrialization. Vibrant and playful,... View artist page

Thomas Jackson Biography Thomas Jackson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1971 and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. After earning a B.A. in History from the College of Wooster in 1993, he spent much of his career in New York as an editor and book reviewer for magazines including Forbes Life .

It was his particular interest in photography books that led him to pick up a camera, first shooting Garry Winogrand-inspired street scenes, then landscapes, and finally the installation work he does today.

Looking at any of Thomas Jackson’s work reveals an eye for the fantastic... View artist page

Ruud van Empel Biography

Dutch photographer Ruud van Empel (1958-present) is celebrated for his intricate collage process, often merging a number of images through photo editing software and other digital approaches. Themes blend Surrealism with classic Western portraiture, resulting in pictures that are both dreamlike and familiar. An early career in graphic design as well as designing for theater productions and television informed his approach to photography, greatly focused on technology’s influence on the modern world.

Born in Breda, Netherlands, Ruud van Empel grew up to study at the St. Joost Academy of Art and graduated in 1981.

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