JR Roykovich

Lives and works in Houston, TX, USA

Artist statement

JR Roykovich is a conceptual and research based artist working in and between New York, Washington DC, Minneapolis and now the Houston area. Roykovich received a MFA in Visual Art from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2014, where they were awarded the Ray Stark Film Prize and the Brovero Photography Prize. Prior, Roykovich received a BFA in Art and Visual Technology with departmental honors from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia in 2011. Roykovich’s current practice explores relationships with one's specific location, intersected with the psychic history that resides in that site. This happens primarily through lens-based research that explores the spatial exchanges between existing entities at those locations while documenting geo-spectral networked and system based transferences. This research results in immersive installations using photographs, drawings, performances, video and found objects. Roykovich’s work has been shown throughout the United States, internationally and is the collections of various private and public institutions.

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