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Killed covers for Cyrée Jarelle Johnson's Watchnight published by Nightboat Books.

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This happened today... Megan Tatum found a copy of Quiet Lunch's Book N°3 at her local bookstore. We in stores now Baby! #Repost @tatemegan ・・・ When you see your face in your local bookstore 👻. @quietlunch #nbd #QuietLunch #QuietLunchSS2016 #BookNo3 #NewsStands #Bookstores #MeganTatem #TheTommorowGirl #Genderless #global #Red #FoundInNewYork #boomerang

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See me later at the opening. x #Repost @quietlunch ・・・ Tonight Be SELFISH. | The Beauty of Introspection. ______________________________ OPENING RECEPTION | MARCH 18 | 7-10 PM ______________________________ ​@ayakamay @kwesiabbensetts @daliahammar @whitehotmagazine @donegandonegan @ciseauxcolle @alannah_farrell @nloois @theomighty @jeanpierreroy @tatemegan @quietlunch @brilliantchampions | #Ayakamay #KwesiAbbensetts #DaliahAmmar# NoahBecker #LouiseDonegan  #AlannahFarrell #NateLewis #TheoMighty #JeanPierreRoy #MeganTatem #SELFISH #SelfPortrait #SelfPortraiture #Narcissus #QuietLunch  #BrilliantChampions (at Brilliant Champions)

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Megan Tatem creates autobiographical work of contemporary youth paradigms through photography and computer generated imagery. She lives & works in New York City.

ASL? I assume that to be translated as 'American Sign Language?' I'm probably wrong, or just exceedingly behind on the terminology that's trending or was trending. Probably both, but if we're talking sign language-- I only know the alphabet by heart. I used to study it from my girl scouts manual while under the covers with a flashlight when I was a kid. I also have a special place in my heart for sign language interpreters at concerts, they're fucking hysterical. EARLY DAYS OF AOL  OF COURSE I REMEMBER MY FIRST SCREEN NAME. I remember it like it was yesterday because I was so very proud of it. I thought I was so fucking clever. It was: L0sersRus. I think I was going through a serious teen angst/emo phase where I thought being a loser was cool. I don't know where the play on Toys R Us came from, but I liked the idea of making myself the butt of the joke. I always try and make myself the butt of every joke. I am super paranoid of my online presence. I think that's partially due to my parents. They're super secretive people and constantly reiterate that once somethings online I can never get it off. I totally get that, and for a while I'd adhere to that sort of thinking, by keeping my Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts private, but now I just don't give a fuck. Online has been the focal point of a lot of my recent works: illustrating my tweets, storyboarding famous scenes from movies, meme-ing my break up. I need the internet and fuck future hirers if they're going to look at my "online presence" and judge me for it. The internet has done so much for my work. I'm actually surprised. So many people rave about how the Internet has allowed them to connect to so many other artists and introduce them to new works, but since I just recently joined that discussion I didn't think it was actually true. I've met really extraordinary people online. Online makes the submission process so much quicker. You hear an immediate interest for your work... or if you don't that usually means someone isn't really into what you've submitted, but that's okay. I've learned through the internet that there is someone that will like your work. Many may not, but one will and that's all that matters. Social media has been a super great space for me to showcase my work in an honest way. My work has the Internet to thank.

DAY JOB I have a day job. I make zero money off my work, which is disappointing because I would love to just make things all day everyday, but I'm also partially relieved that my process of making isn't altered by needing an income or appeasing a client. INSPIRATION IS FOR AMATEURS Devin Troy Strother Amy Schumer Kristen Wiig Philip-Lorca DiCorcia Oscar Murrillo KATSU JIM JOE Holton Rower Chloe Wise Richard Pryor Abbi Jacobson + Ilana Glazer Maya Rudolph Kaelynn Harris Beyoncé Wolfgang Tillmans Robyn Amy Winehouse Nakeya Brown SLUTEVERSolange Knowles FOOD/DRINK I've lived in SoHo for 5 years now and I try and constantly remind myself how fortunate I am for living in a place that was once the epicenter of the art world and a cultural hub close to 20-30 years ago. My favorite place to eat is Percy's Dollar Pizza on MacDougal and Bleecker. They've gotten me through my darkest and brokest days and while the prices of every other slice goes up, the plain cheese remains the same. Miss Lily's is a great trendy Jamaican spot that I'm sure makes people feel super cultured after eating jerk chicken there, Cuba Restaurant on Thompson has got some stellar, but pricy ropa veija. Aside from eating out, I'm mostly in bed convincing my best friends to "Netflix and Chill" and if I'm not in bed catching up on trashy reality shows on my laptop, I'm probably in Harlem in my best friend's bed watching cable. ADVICE The best advice I've ever received was from my dad. After him force feeding me Boys in the Hood-- a story about a father teaching his son the ways of life in Compton, California, he told me "there will always be a woman for every man, but there will never be an abundance of men for every woman." This was pretty odd hearing at 7 years old, but now I get it. The older I get the easier and easier it is for men to settle down. Women have to settle constantly in relationships because society leads us to believe that a guy that does just the bare minimum is more than enough. FINAL I can't work or live without a computer or a camera. A camera for obvious reasons, and I've learned to use a computer for so much more than what is expected of it. What is ASL? 

MORE MEGAN!

http://www.megantatem.com/

https://twitter.com/shitonconcrete

http://quietlunch.com/megan-tatem-being-and-nothingness/

http://www.spotlight.wafflesafterclass.com/photographers/2014/5/12/pixyt-interviews-megan-tatem#.VfwXvCB3mRt

http://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/41814

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Monuments Are Here Guggenheim Film Invitation for Saint Heron

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VOGUE NIGHTS: THE AFTERMATH Exhibition Posters

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Studio Magazine Spring/Summer 2024 Issue for the Studio Museum in Harlem

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Black Flame comedy show flyers

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(Outtake) flyer for Nike Architecture

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Never Wetter skateboard graphic

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Fountain for Survivors poster for artist Pamela Council

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Cover for Jasmine Gibson's A Beauty Has Come with Nightboat Books

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Union Workers Claim Starbucks Is Using Abortion Access as a Bargaining Chip, Illustration for Bon Appetit 

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2020 Concept Website for Solange Knowles

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Market Research: Wales Bonner’s “Havana Short Sleeve” and “Oraa Cardigan” Alexis Okeowo Keeps Her Distance By Dressing For Both Sides

Illustrations for SSENSE.com.

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These Educators and Activists Can Help You Navigate Intimacy Now.

Illustration for The New York Times.