In Notes on Contact, Patrick Michael Carew explores the role of exposure and physical contact in his photographic and printmaking practice. Drawing from his experience living with HIV, Carew 

experiments with blood, photographic chemistry, archival imagery, and found materials to explore the relationship between the body, memory, and queer history.



Through a discussion of his ongoing material experimentation and recent body of work, On the Shoulders of Splendid Ones, Carew will share how photography, printmaking, and collage allow him 

to bring the past and present, the living and the dead, into conversation. The talk considers how these processes can preserve personal and collective histories while responding to the ongoing 

political challenges surrounding queer life and access to care.



Bio: 



Patrick Michael Carew (b. 1996, Utica, NY) is an image-based artist working at the 

intersection of photography and printmaking. His practice integrates darkroom techniques, digital 

imaging, and traditional print processes to explore the body and the image as a means of preserving queer identity while reflecting on shared narratives within history and community. Working with his 

own blood, archival queer photographs, and layered collage, Carew examines how the body functions as both matrix and record, navigating the politics of exposure, touch, and survival within the 

ongoing reverberations of the HIV/AIDS crisis. 



Carew s work has been exhibited at The Contemporary Art Museum (Tampa, FL) INK Miami Art Fair (Miami, FL), Tempus Projects (Tampa, FL), REVERB Gallery (Tampa, FL), The St Louis Artist Guild 

(Clayton, MO), The Painting Center (NYC), The Munson Museum, (Utica, NY) and Pratt Manhattan Gallery (New York, NY), with features in publications such as Upstreams Deadfalls (Deadfall Press), 

PRIMAL SIGHT (Gnomic Books), Queer Anthology of Wildness (Pilot Press), and MATTE Magazine (MATTE Editions). Beyond his studio practice, Carew teaches at the University of South Florida and 

works as a production printer at Graphicstudio. Carew holds an MFA in Studio Art from the University 

of South Florida and a BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute. 



Location:  



110 Auditorium in Harbor Hall



1000 3rd Street S. 

USF St. Petersburg, FL 33701