dana w-queen (they/them) is a photographer and film/video artist working in text, documentary and installation.
Courtesy of the 2022 Artadia Los Angeles x Marciano Art Foundation award, w-queen is pursuing state licensure as a barber at Redefine Barber & Beauty Academy in Richmond, VA. Their research and barber studio art practice will explore the discursive histories of barbering, barber shop culture in black, trans and queer communities, and musicality in barber performance.
In 2024, w-queen opened Poetic Shifts, a gender inclusive barber studio in Richmond, Virginia
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