Ina Archer
"Small Moorish Pin: eBay", 2024
Watercolor, ink, and collage on paper
Unframed: 11 x 8 ½ inches (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Framed: 14 x 12 x 1 ½ inches (35.6 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm)
Courtesy of the Artist and Microscope Gallery, New York

Selected by Hilton Als

Ina Archer is an artist working primarily with the mediums of drawing, collage, moving image, and installation, whose work examines the intersections of race/ethnicity, representation, and technology. Her works have been shown at institutions including Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; White Columns, NY; The List Visual Arts Center at MIT, Cambridge, MA; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX; Portland Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR; and Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, among many others. Her work has been reviewed in The New Yorker, Artforum, The New York Times, and Hyperallergic, among others. Archer was a Studio Artist in the Whitney Independent Study and has received grants and awards from Creative Capital, New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA), Harvestworks; and the American Academy in Rome. Archer received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and an MA in Cinema Studies from New York University. Ina Archer currently lives and works between Washington, DC and Brooklyn, NY. Her works are represented by Microscope Gallery, New York.