Ana Rucker is South Carolina lens-based artist and poet, currently studying Visual Arts at Rutgers - Mason Gross School of the Arts. Ana has shown work and the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, The Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, Albert Simon Center for the Arts, The Gap Gallery, The Hill Gallery, Big Blade Press, Good Year Arts Center and Guilded Horn. They obtained their Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication with a minor in Studio Art with a focus in Photography from the College of Charleston . They were also were the featured artist for the fourth issue of RattleSnake Magazine in Spring of 2022.
By focusing on identity, primarily through portraiture, Ana invites viewers to experience and celebrate queerness, blackness, and one's self.
“Every time I hit the shutter, I aim to deconstruct and distort the persistent defeminization of the body as someone who was socialized as a black woman. The sole purpose of anything that I create or do is to uplift and celebrate black and queer communities. My entire life I have longed for a space where I saw my intersectional identity not just be represented, but celebrated. Art has given me the space, voice and courage to be unapologetic about who I am.”
For all inquiries please email: irianarucker@yahoo.com