bio

Brittany Brooke Crow uses image-making to confront her fear of vulnerability while exploring intimacy, ways of seeing, and the expansive possibilities of creating photo-based art. The performative action necessary to create an image is often a part of the content of her work. Crow’s self portraiture began as an exploration of the tangle of historical tropes, cultural expectations, and personal control that comes with representing the queer, female body. She has since expanded this inquiry into a rediscovery of the materiality of the photographic print.

Crow earned a BFA in studio art and a BA in art history from the University of Northern Iowa in 2013. In 2020, Crow received an Iowa Arts Council Art Project Grant to support the creation of the photographic installation Exhibition(ist). One year later, Crow was named as one of five Iowa Arts Council Artist Fellows. In addition to her arts practice, Crow specializes in event photography and art documentation. Notable clients include Planned Parenthood, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, Little Village Magazine, and the Des Moines Art Center. She is currently working out of Mainframe Studios in Des Moines.