We are excited to announce our return to Aspen in Booth A2 from July 29-August 3 with work by gallery artists Julie Blackmon, Saïdou Dicko, Gail Albert Halaban, Cig Harvey, and Michael Stipe at the Intersect Aspen Art + Design Fair. The fair takes place during the Aspen's annual ArtWeek where artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, and art lovers gather for a week-long celebration of creativity and community. In this spirit, we have selected a group of artists whose work is rooted in the inspiration they derive from their respective communities.

  • Julie Blackmon

    Julie Blackmon Biography Julie Blackmon is known for her meticulously composed images that explore the complexities of modern family life. Born in 1966 in Springfield, Missouri, Blackmon continues to live and work in her hometown, drawing inspiration from her personal experiences and surroundings. Blending humor, nostalgia, and social commentary, her photographs transform everyday domestic scenes into surreal and theatrical narratives that examine gender roles, societal pressures, and the intersection of the mundane and the fantastical. Influenced by artists such as Helen Levitt and Sally Mann, Blackmon crafts layered compositions that evoke both a sense of place and an underlying tension.... View artist page

  • Cooper & Gorfer

    Cooper & Gorfer Biography

    Sarah Cooper (b.1974, US) and Nina Gorfer (b.1979, Austria) have been collaborating since 2006 and work in Sweden. Their work centers around themes of illusion, memory, and dislocation, illustrating the malleability of identity through layered pictorial collages of the female experience. Their work at times can mirror 18th and 19th century paintings, with images of distinct reference to history, myths, and cultural heritage. Cooper & Gorfer’s work range from physically layered collages with painted and embroidered materials, to photographs of disassembled images with different states of ephemeral montage. They reimagine the tradition of portraiture by visually...

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  • Saïdou Dicko

    Saïdou Dicko Biography Saïdou Dicko was born in Burkina Faso in 1979. He lives and works in Paris, France. Saïdou is a self-taught visual artist (photographer, videographer, installer and painter). At the age of five, Dicko, a Fulani Shepherd, learned to draw by collecting shadows of his sheep on the Sahel soils. Naturally, the shadow is present in all of his work. In 2005, he began to experiment with photography. Six months after his photographic debut, he presented his first exhibition in the 2006 Dakar Biennial Off, where he won a prize, the first in a long series. Through painting,... View artist page

  • Gail Albert Halaban

    Gail Albert Halaban Biography Gail Albert Halaban is a renowned American photographer whose work explores the boundaries between intimacy and distance, privacy and public life. Known for her signature series Out My Window, Gail creates cinematic, large-scale photographs that offer voyeuristic glimpses into the lives of strangers through their windows. These works, staged in cities including New York, Paris, Italy, Istanbul, and Buenos Aires, blur the lines between reality and fiction, engaging the viewer in silent narratives of connection and isolation. Another celebrated project, Hopper Redux, reimagines Edward Hopper’s iconic scenes with contemporary subjects and settings, using photography to echo... View artist page

  • Cig Harvey

    Cig Harvey Biography Cig Harvey is a British-born photographer and writer known for her vivid, large-scale color photographs and evocative storytelling. Based in Maine, Harvey explores themes of memory, family, and the sensory experience of everyday life, blending photography with creative nonfiction. Her work is rich in implied narrative, deeply rooted in the natural world and devoted to the topic of what it is to feel.

    Born in the United Kingdom, Cig Harvey moved to the United States and has built an acclaimed career in fine art photography. Her journey as a photographer has been shaped by a lifelong fascination... View artist page

  • Michael Stipe

    Michael Stipe Biography Michael Stipe (American, born 1960) is a multifaceted artist, producer, and singer/songwriter whose career has spanned over four decades. Best known as the frontman of the legendary band R.E.M., Michael Stipe has sold over 100 million records worldwide and left an indelible mark on the music industry. Beyond his musical achievements, Michael Stipe has made significant contributions to the art world, focusing on cross-medium work that explores the intersections of video, soundscape, sculpture, and photographic and digital imagery. His recent photo books, including Volume 1 (2018), Our Interference Times: A Visual Record (2019), and Even the Birds... View artist page