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Michelle Marie Roy is a photographer, curator, and video artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Roy’s work provokes a discussion on gender, making references to art history, semantics, and feminist theory. Roy’s work brings to mind terms such as mythology, voyeurism, abuse, beauty, and decadence and her oeuvre seeks to maintain a balance between meaning, a formalist aesthetic, and emotion.
According to Roy, “Much of my work seeks to explore the internal as opposed to the external. I have always been aware of a fascination and identification with images of women while also acknowledging a feeling of alienation from the very same imagery. My work is a study of gender, both personally and theoretically. When I moved from the South to Sweden, I found myself in a new context. I was confronted with new ways of perceiving myself and my past while creating a new identity within Swedish culture."