Dane Pollok

Statement

Dane Pollok works with the malleable nature of photographic meaning to explore ideas of identity, belonging, place and time. Utilizing the image’s intrinsic allegorical qualities, Pollok visualizes the emotional and psychological terrains that emerge from the experience of being in a particular environment. He sequences portraits, landscapes and found moments into open-ended narratives that invite the viewer’s own perspectives and interpretations — an image is fixed, but its message is not. What results is a conversation with the observable world and a practice of using its visual cues to spark deeper understanding and connection.

GlogauAIR Project

We have long distinguished between those who ‘belong’ and those who do not, yet as the city of Berlin has experienced firsthand, distilling our differences into such binary terms has tremendous repercussions. Being the international focal point that it is today, Berlin has continued to demonstrate the malleable nature of place and identity – neither are permanently fixed and definitions of who belongs are meant to be re-imagined.

During my time at GlogauAIR I would like to explore this city as a place where identity can be negotiated. Having historically grappled with the very nature of belonging, my aim is to create a series of images that speak to the ways in which Berlin continues to be shaped and claimed by those who are a part of it. Unpacking my own relationship to the city will provide the framework through which to engage and collaborate with others, whether they are from here or like myself, somewhere in between.

Installation and Photography

CV Summary

Education

• 2008 B.A. in Visual Culture, Pitzer College

Selected Exhibitions

• 2022 Six O’Clock Shadows, PALLAS, SF, CA
• 2022 Purview, Left Space, SF, CA
• 2021 {Solo Exhibition} Honeymoon, Book & Job, SF, CA
• 2020 Love Sick, Book & Job, SF, CA
• 2019 Cómplices En La Resistencia, Accion Latina, SF, CA
• 2016 With Our Own Eyes, Rayko, SF, CA
• 2016 Thank You for Coming, Group Study, Oakland, CA
• 2013 {Solo Exhibition} Full Space, FM, Oakland, CA
• 2012 Showcase, Rayko, SF, CA
• 2011 Encountering, 31 Rausch, SF, CA
• 2010 (Por)trait Revealed, Rayko, SF, CA
• 2010 Paint by Numbers, WE Artspace, Oakland, CA
• 2010 Roll Call, SF Camerawork, SF, CA

Recognition

• 2022 Chico Portfolio Review, Livingston, MT
• 2019 On Making a Photobook, workshop with Alec Soth curated by FOTOFILMIC
• 2017 Rayko Artist In Residence
• 2014 HALS Grant
• 2013 Honorable Mention, APA’s Easiest Season, Rayko, SF, CA
• 2012 3rd Place Juror’s Award, Showcase, Rayko, SF, CA

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