An Artful Ode to Identity and Visibility
As Pride Month draws to a close, we turn our gaze to a powerful assembly of works that celebrate the voices, visions, and vulnerabilities of LGBTQ artists. Pride Month offers an essential moment to spotlight these creators—some iconic, others emerging—whose practices illuminate the intersection of queerness and contemporary visual culture.
From the pulsating street energy of Keith Haring to the tender photographic essays of Zanele Muholi, the artists featured in this collection span generations, geographies, and gender expressions. Together, they form a kaleidoscopic dialogue on what it means to exist, to create, and to belong.
Icons and Innovators: A Living Continuum
Few images are as indelibly etched in our collective memory as David Hockney’s California pools or Catherine Opie’s intimate queer portraits. These LGBTQ artists helped shape the visual language of Pride Month before it was widely embraced. Their work continues to serve as a beacon, illuminating the complexities of love, desire, and chosen family.
Alongside these icons, we spotlight bold emerging voices like Zoe Walsh and Killion Huang, whose layered narratives explore queerness through abstraction, photography, and digitally influenced form. Wynnie Mynerva and Hortensia Mi Kafchin weave gender and body politics into lush, often surreal visuals—unapologetically visceral and emotionally charged.
Leonard Suryajaya’s maximalist compositions vibrate with color, chaos, and cultural identity, while Victoria Roth’s biomorphic forms evoke fluidity and fragmentation. In the work of Seba Calfuqueo, La Chola Poblete, and Willa Wasserman, themes of queerness intersect with indigeneity, mythology, and sociopolitical commentary—expanding the discourse and dismantling binaries.
Beyond Representation: A Celebration of Embodiment
This curated reflection on LGBTQ artists for Pride Month doesn’t simply nod to identity—it revels in it. Mickalene Thomas’s dazzling depictions of queer Black femininity and Zanele Muholi’s dignified portraiture invite us to witness pride not just as a parade, but as presence: embodied, seen, and honored.
As June ends, The Pride Edit offers a quiet provocation: how do we carry this spirit forward? How do we ensure queer stories remain visible beyond the final day of Pride Month?
At AXIOM, we believe in the lasting resonance of art as cultural archive and catalyst. This edit is a tribute—both timeless and urgent—to LGBTQ artists whose voices define Pride Month and echo far beyond it.
Explore the Collection.
David Hockney ‘Slow Forest’ 1993, 8 Color Lithograph/Screenprint, Ed. of 68
Catherine Opie ‘Untitled #17 (Windows)’ 2023, Pigment Print, Edition of 5 + 2AP
Keith Haring ‘Popshop II (Set of 4 Signed)’ 1988, Screen Print, Edition 198/200, Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Zoe Walsh ‘Taste of Each Other’ 2023, Acrylic on Canvas-Wrapped Panel
Zanele Muholi ‘Mbalenhle II, Sandton’ 2019, Gelatin Silver Print, Ed. of 8
Mickalene Thomas ‘Interior: Red Couch and Landscape’ 2024, UV Pigment Print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White Paper with 2 Silkscreen Metallic Shimmer and Glitter Layer, Ed. of 379, Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Killion Huang ‘Moon Rise Breakfast’ 2023, Oil on Canvas, Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Seba Calfuqueo ‘TRAY TRAY KO’ 2020
Wynnie Mynerva ‘Untitled’ 2022, Oil on Canvas
Hortensia Mi Kafchin ‘Vessels’ 2023, Oil on Canvas
La Chola Poblete ‘No Me Gustan Las Rosas Porque Lastiman’ 2024, Pencil, Acrylic and Watercolor on Paper
Leonard Suryajaya ‘Gold Condo Room’ 2020, Archival Inkjet Print, Ed. of 5, Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Victoria Roth ‘Prober’ 2017, Oil on Canvas
Willa Wasserman ‘Still Life: Twinflowers’ 2024, Oil and Silverpoint on Linen, Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
