Nebraska, 2024

Silver Gelatin Print

8 x 10 inches

Fair Market Value: $450

Starting Bid: $315

Buy It Now: $675

KEEGAN DUNN is a multidisciplinary artist from Omaha, Nebraska. Classically trained in Alternative Process photography and printmaking, Dunn uses techniques ranging from wet-plate collodion, silver printing and cyanotype to natural dyeing and eco printing to illustrate the relationship between mankind and the Platte River Basin. Dunn harbors an emotional and scientific relationship with the outdoors, and is a certified Master Naturalist in the state of Nebraska. They interned with Bemis Center during the summer of 2023 and have completed residencies at The Homestead National Historic Park (Nebraska) and the Cedar Point Biological Station (Nebraska). Dunn obtained a degree in applied sciences from MCC (Omaha) and is a student of plant biology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are currently a member of the Nebraska-based Alternate Currents Cohort. As an ongoing research study, Dunn's body of work combines concepts of land rights, natural sciences, anthropology and regional history to redefine our relationship with the Platte River Basin. Their work employs human figures in tandem with motifs of floodplain ecology (old growth cottonwoods, fallen trees, marshlands, color studies) to trigger powerful symbolic and ethnographic memories within the viewer. Shared memory is a pillar of the psychological health of a human ecosystem, and from this both we and the natural world may benefit.