In this powerful new episode of The Bureau of Queer Art Podcast, Jaimes Mayhew opens up about trans ecologies, the geologic weight of queer history, and how imagining new landscapes—real or speculative—is an act of resistance. From the rocks of their childhood in Utah to their collaborative utopian mapping projects, Mayhew’s work invites us to look closer and dream bigger.

“I believe the first step toward liberation is imagining outside of the realm of what we’ve been told is possible.”

Based in Vermont, Mayhew brings decades of experience as a non-binary transmasc artist, educator, and collaborator. Their “Horizon Survey” and “A Different Horizon Atlas” projects draw on personal memory, queer theory, geology, and collective dreaming to build alternate futures. It’s speculative cartography at its most luminous.

This episode dives into the aesthetic and political layers behind their inclusion in the 50 Postcards project and their upcoming residencies at VCCA and Byrdcliffe.

Now showing exclusively on Artsy.net through July 2025: A Symphony of Resistance and Expression by Gemelxs VS, presented by The Bureau of Queer Art.

This raw, intimate solo exhibition reclaims the queer body as sacred, sensual, and unapologetically visible. Through layered oil, watercolor, and unfinished space, the twin duo explores gender, mythology, memory, and community with a fearless visual language.

These works are more than paintings—they are declarations. Alive. Incomplete. Divine.

Explore the exhibition online now at thebureauofqueerart.art

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In this week’s feature for The Bureau of Queer Art, we meet Shendra—artist, muralist, educator, TikTok disruptor, and part of the executive team for the upcoming IMMORTAL Queer Art Fair. Originally from the Italian part of Switzerland, born in Australia, and now based in Mexico City, Shendra’s work is an ever-evolving codex of queer experience and multilingual consciousness. In our conversation, we dive into her early influences, complex love stories, artistic evolution, and the photograph at the center of her contribution to Pride NOT Permission—a piece titled Wild Pig, Grilled.

This is an artist who doesn’t just speak five languages—she invents new ones through art. Read the full story and view her limited edition print now live on Artsy.