Born in 1997 in Queens, New York, Joey Solomon earned himself a full tuition scholarship to NYU Tisch's Department of Photography & Imaging and earned his BFA in 2019. As a gay man and prior wheelchair user, Joey Solomon makes portraits of joy, intimacy and illness. Solomon focuses on connecting emotionally with people in spaces where not all are welcome. The current works the artist makes hones in on his left leg and becoming able bodied again, cathartically working through mental and physical illness and the intersection of accessibility and queer sexuality.
Numerous galleries and museums including Aperture, Photoville and MoMA PS1 have exhibited Solomon's work. Joey Solomon's photographs and words have been featured in The New Yorker, Apple and Frieze Magazine as well as being named an international winner of FOAM Talent 2021.
