My creative practice is grounded in painting, drawing, and animation interwoven with digital methods of image production and manipulation. My paintings are concerned with a contemporary queer identity complicated by historical influence, mass image culture, digitality, and the evolution of eroticism. I am interested in points of friction, where the iconography of power and inequitable ideals has become suffused with modern concepts of nostalgia, sexual liberation, and masculinity. I am equally optimistic about the empowering potential of fantasy and creative play, ideas I seek to embrace in my practice and present to audiences alike.
babe siegl (he/him) is an artist living as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, also known as Vancouver, British Colombia. He is a painter, animator, and occasional curator hailing from the great state of Florida. His background in programming and curation has afforded close collaboration with a variety of local, national, and international artists and organizations. Recent projects include integrating 3D animation software with traditional painting practices and podcasting. babe received a BFA from Florida State University in 2011 and a MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2017. He is a long term staff member of the Pride in Art Society, a Vancouver-based queer arts non-profit and charity.