Tiffany Thomson
Tiffany Thomson is a visual artist and documentary photographer who explores sexuality, identity, gender, and religion. Her own foundation of growing up as a queer person in an extreme religion in small town Alberta, Canada - as well as the fallout from living and leaving that religion - have shaped her. The artist’s work examines stories of people who have had common experience with religion, queerness, and/or rigid origin stories, so her work is often self-reflexive. Tiffany’s documentary photography work called SAFE SPACES, is a collaborative work with members of the queer community which steps into the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and explores where and with whom they find safety. It explores the reasons this community still has the need to seek safe spaces, during a time of political unrest. The work reflects on both public and private displays of queerness and finding the fragile balance between safety, duty, and fulfillment. The photos seek to give space to each subject with both vulnerability and strength, and to create paths toward understanding for all viewers who may not have such a close window into queer lives.
Tiffany’s abstract paintings explore the boundaries of paint as a medium, how colour can evoke emotion, and the unique creations of letting the paint mix without forceful intervention. This technique can reflect the beauty of giving space for humans to bloom, without the forced interventions and the boundaries society and / or religion has placed upon the individual.
Instagram Account: @tiffanythomsonartphotography
Website/Portfolio: Photographer | Tiffany Thomson Photography | Calgary