Connecticut HQ Art

Roe Ethridge takes equally from his work as a commercial photographer and artist. Blurring the lines that separate the two, Ethridge creates images that are simultaneously generic and intimate, often treading between humor and cynicism. Functioning in tandem, these motivations culminate in an ongoing investigation into the mechanics of photographs, and their ability to both retreat into the personal and expand to relay collective experiences. The artist’s conceptual view questions the fault lines between creating imagery and capturing the existing world. 

Ethridge graduated from Florida State University and received his BFA from the College of Art in Atlanta, GA. He has exhibited widely in the United States and internationally. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; SFMoMA, San Francisco; S.M.A.K., Ghent; Tate Modern, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.