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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Susan Harbage Page (American, b. 1959)

Harbage Page holds a master’s degree in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute (2004), a Master’s Degree in Music from Michigan State University (1983), and a certificate of knowledge of the Italian Language, from the Universitá Per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy (1984). Her master’s degree in Saxophone Performance from Michigan State University and engagement with the New Music Ensemble at MSU where she studied the work of John Cage and his theories on chance, indeterminacy, silence, and Buddhism, influence her performative works such as La Ragnatella Rossa Performance (2015), Sewn Border (2014), Erased Border (2015), Erasing the Border Performance (2018-Present), and most recently the video sets for Meredith Monk’s Opera Atlas (2021) about a boy and his dog riding “The Beast” known as the death train north across Mexico to enter the United States. Her work has been widely exhibited internationally include in the U.K, Italy, France, China, Israel, Germany, Bulgaria, and Slovenia, and can be found in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Houston Museum of Fine Art, TX; Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel; Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; and Weatherspoon Museum of Art, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, NC, as well as many others. Amongst Harbage Page’s honors and awards are fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council, the Camargo Foundation, Bernice Abbott International Competition for Women in Documentary Photography, Academic Excellence Award from the Institute for Arts and Humanities UNC-Chapel Hill, the Carolina Women’s Center Faculty Scholar Award UNC-Chapel Hill, a residency at the McColl Center, and funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Fulbright Program. Seven monographs about her work have been published in conjunction with solo exhibitions. Harbage Page is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill where she teaches a curriculum that combines hands-on artmaking process with feminist thought and social justice activism. She lives and works in Chapel Hill, NC and Spello, Italy.

Detention Center Bracelet (Pulsera de campo de detención), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Detention Center Bracelet (Pulsera de campo de ..., 2009
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Path (Sendero), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Path (Sendero), from the portfolio Borders and ..., 2014
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Wallet and Contents (Cartera y contenido), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Wallet and Contents (Cartera y contenido), from..., 2008
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Riverbank (Ribera), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Riverbank (Ribera), from the portfolio Borders ..., 2008
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Nest No. 2 (Nido no. 2), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Nest No. 2 (Nido no. 2), from the portfolio Bor..., 2011
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Yellow Tape and Path (Cinta amarilla y camino), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Yellow Tape and Path (Cinta amarilla y camino),..., 2010
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Eye Shadow (Sombra para ojos), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Eye Shadow (Sombra para ojos), from the portfol..., 2015
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Border Fence with migrant footprints crossing the road (Muro fronterizo con pisadas de migrantes ... by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Border Fence with migrant footprints crossing t..., 2010
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Border Fence (Valla fronteriza), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Border Fence (Valla fronteriza), from the portf..., 2010
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Border Wall, Border Patrol Car, and Barbed Wire (Muro fronterizo, vehículo de la Patrulla Fronter... by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Border Wall, Border Patrol Car, and Barbed Wire..., 2012
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Blue Plastic Boat (Barco del plástico azul), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Blue Plastic Boat (Barco del plástico azul), fr..., 2015
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Three toothbrushes and glove (Tres cepillos dentales y un guante), from the portfolio Borders and... by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Three toothbrushes and glove (Tres cepillos den..., 2014
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico Border by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • The Anti-Archive of Trauma on the U.S.-Mexico B..., 2007-2020
Chromogenic print
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Border Wall near Brownsville (Muro fronterizo cerca de Brownsville), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Border Wall near Brownsville (Muro fronterizo c..., 2010
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Path in a field of high grass leading up to the cement border wall (Sendero a teavés de un campo ... by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Path in a field of high grass leading up to the..., 2014
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Sweatshirt (Sudadera con capucha), from the portfolio Borders and Belonging by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Sweatshirt (Sudadera con capucha), from the por..., 2014
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
Red Blanket and Plaid Shirt in the Rio Grande (Cobija roja y camisa a cuadros dentro del río Brav... by Susan Harbage Page
  • Susan Harbage Page
  • Red Blanket and Plaid Shirt in the Rio Grande (..., 2011
Color inkjet print on cotton rag paper
17 x 22 in
(43.18 x 55.88 cm)
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