Mae Howard (they/them)(b. 1997, Indianapolis, IN) is a visual artist whose interdisciplinary approach extends across research-based, participatory, and collaborative projects ranging from lens-based media, sculpture, installation, and performance. Calling upon lineages of disabled/trans labor economies, Mae is interested in the embodied, fleshly, and material enmeshment of BDSM, the medical industrial complex, biopolitics, and disability. Their work explores the residue of discard, debilitation, and excess. Mae has performed for Julie Tolentino, Z Tye Richardson, and Wardell Milan. They were a 2023-2024 fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program and a 2024 fellow in EmergeNYC through BAX Arts. They have been a resident at pocoapoco, Picture Berlin, and ACRE. Their work has been exhibited in New York, Berlin, Mexico City, and Philadelphia. Mae lives and works on occupied Lenape and Canarsie land.
Headshot Credit: Circe Hamilton