Nationality Canadian | Name Petra Collins | |
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Known for Fashion photography, Portrait photography, Fashion design Profiles | ||
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Petra Collins (born December 21, 1992) is a Canadian artist, photographer, fashion model and director. She rose to prominence in the early 2010s, her photography noted for its ethereal, dreamlike nature and femininity. She is a resident photographer for Rookie magazine and a casting agent for Richard Kern. As a director, she has directed a series of short films, including music videos for Carly Rae Jepsen, Lil Yachty, and Selena Gomez. In 2016, Collins was chosen as a face of Gucci. She has been labeled an "it girl" by photographer and mentor Ryan McGinley and by Vanity Fair and The New Yorker magazines.
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- Early life
- Early career
- Art and photography
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- Directing
- Modeling and acting
- Literary work
- Process
- Reception
- References
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Early life
Petra grew up in Toronto where she attended Rosedale Heights School of the Arts. It was at Rosedale at the age of 15, Collins began practicing the art of photography. Collins currently attends Ontario College of Art and Design.
Early career
Collins began taking pictures in high school. She met Richard Kern while assisting him on a shoot, and he became her mentor. Simultaneously, Collins became a frequent subject of photographer Ryan McGinley, and would go on to become one of his proteges. Collins began venturing into the art world, appearing in shows that would feature her own work and her curating abilities implementing her art collective, The Ardorous. Around the same time as Collins's success in the art world, her Instagram account was shut-down after the artist chose to post a photo of herself unwaxed in a bikini. She would speak out against the hypocrisy in what was permitted when depicting the female body in an essay for The Huffington Post, which would go viral and become a major feminist moment in 2013. In 2014, Collins' first solo exhibition was hosted at the Capricious 88 Gallery in New York, that being "Discharge", her photo series spanning between 2008 and 2014, from ages 15–21."Discharge" went on to push the narrative of a more authentic view of girlhood and womanhood that her controversial Instagram bikini shot had begun. Collins also went on to publish the photo series as a book with Capricious Publishing in 2014.
Art and photography
Collins has been featured and curated over a dozen shows since 2011, spanning from galleries in New York to Miami's Art Basel to shows at San Francisco's Evergold Projects in conjunction with SFAQ. She is mostly known for pioneering a distinct and colorful aesthetic, a signature found in her photographic work.
Collins is a frequent editorial photographer for such publications as Vogue, Purple Magazine, i-D Magazine, Wonderland Magazine, Dazed & Confused, L'Officiel, Elle, and Love Magazine. She has photographed campaigns for brands such as Levi's, Adidas, Cos, Calvin Klein, and Stella McCartney.
In 2016, Collins was named one of Dazed & Calvin Klein's 100 Creatives Shaping Youth Culture and one of Vogue's 40 Creatives To Watch in 2016. Collins was also named one of 30 Artists to Watch by Artsy.
On Saturday, March 18, 2017, Collins collaborated with artist Madelyne Beckles at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York with their performance piece "In Search of Us". It was a live, 3-hour long tableau hosted on Instagram, that featured live music by JunglePussy and a set by DJ Madeline Poole. The piece draws inspiration from the 1992 Essay "Olympia's Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity" by Lorraine O'Grady. The live performance celebrates the female form with the performers confront traditional representations of the female form throughout art historical canon.
Collins will be hosting her first public art piece with Contact Photo on April 29, 2017, at King and Spadina in Toronto, Canada.
2017
"In Search of Us"
— MOMA, New York
2016
“CUZ THE GRASS DON’T GROW GREENER AND THE SKY IS BLUE”
—Praz-Delavallade, Paris
“FEMALE GAZE”
—BASE, Milan
“The Collective”
—Uncontaminated Art Festival, Oslo
“24 Hour Psycho” (solo exhibition)
—Evergold, San Francisco
“Sans Titre”
—45, Quai de la Tournelle, Paris
2015
“Comforter”
—SFAQ Project Space, San Francisco
Curated by Petra Collins
“fuckboifuneral”
—The Standard Miami, Art Basel
Curated by Petra Collins & Madelyne Beckles
2014
“Pussy Pat”
—Mud Guts, Brooklyn
Curated by Petra Collins
“Discharge”
—Capricious 88, New York
Solo show Curated by Petra Collins
“Its an Invasion”
—The National Arts Club, New York
“Literally Bye”
—The Standard Miami, Art Basel, 2014
Curated by Petra Collins
2013
“Gynolandscape”
—FOUR81, New York
Curated by Petra Collins
“No Class”
—Ansomnia Creative House, Miami Art Basel
2012
“Period Piece”
—OCADU Student Gallery, Toronto
Curated by Petra Collins and Sonja Ahlers
2011
“In Bloom”
—The Gladstone, Toronto
Directing
Collins has also become heavily involved in directing, ranging from documentaries, to music videos, to more abstract art pieces. In 2015, she directed a three- part documentary series entitled Making Space, which documents and explores what it means to be a young person in today's ever-changing and constantly connected world. The documentary follows young girls involved with dance as they discover and connect with the world around them through that medium. Other projects Collins has directed include Carly Rae Jepsen's music video for her 2015 single 'Boy Problems', as well as advertisements for Gucci, Adidas, and Nordstrom. Her works tend to mirror the same authentic, bright, and colorful feel her photography has through both aesthetics and energy.
2017
Hungarian Dream for Gucci Eyewear (Film)
Spring 2017 at Nordstrom (Film)
Selena Gomez - "Fetish" (Music video)
2016
Georgia O'Keefe- Interpreted by Petra Collins (Film)
Lil' Yachty- "All In" (Film)
Lil' Yachty- "Keep Sailing" (Music Video)
2015
Carly Rae Jepsen- "Boy Problems" (Music Video)
Adidas StellaSport "Break a Sweat" (Film)
Making Space "Time Will Tell" feat. Blood Orange (Music Video)
Making Space Part 3 of 3 (Film)
Making Space Part 2 of 3 (Film)
Making Space Part 1 of 3 (Film)
Drive Time for COS (Film)
Modeling and acting
In 2014 and 2015, Petra was cast in a supporting role in Amazon's award-winning TV series, Transparent.
Collins has previously been featured as a model in Calvin Klein's campaign.
In 2016, Petra was tapped as one of the new faces of Gucci, walking in their 2016 F/W Fashion Show in Milan. She would go on to star in their 2016 F/W Campaign.
Literary work
Petra's first book to be published is entitled "Discharge", published by Capricious Publishing. "Discharge" houses photos chronicling 2008-2014 from ages 15 to 21, and aims to break down the perfect, clean, pristine vision of girlhood that society holds. The series was also featured as its own exhibition at Capricious 88 Gallery in New York, and was her first solo exhibition.
Collins brought her second book into the light with "Babe" in 2015, published by Random House, which was an art and photography collection of thirty female artists from around the world as well as her own. The book explores the identities and scrutinization of females and the role the Internet has to play in all of it, reflecting an all-inclusive, female point-of-view. Some of the artists featured include Arvida Bystrom, Sandy Kim, Harley Weir, Jeanette Hayes, and Kristie Muller, with a foreword written by Tavi Gevinson of Rookie Magazine.
Process
When shooting photography, Collins exclusively uses 35mm film.
Reception
Collins has been publicized by The National Post, Vice Magazine, CTV and MTV. Collins was considered one of Canada's top 30 young photographers under 30 years of age by Bloun Artinfo. The Toronto Star named Collins in a 2013 year-end retrospective as a "Person to Watch".