Jude Kaveh

Trans Aggression

Colleen Asper on Jude Kaveh

Trans Aggression combines direct and forceful language and symbols, with a playful and provisional materiality. I chose it because of its exploratory approach to both form and content.

Jude Kaveh (he/they) is a Sri Lankan interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in New York City and is pursuing a Studio Art BFA at New York University. He has shown and performed artwork internationally, including a performance at The Hearing Voices Café at Colomboscope 2022 (Colombo, Sri Lanka). Their artwork incorporates symbols and ideas from popular queer media and culture, which was a safe space for them growing up as a closeted trans person in a largely traditionalist nation. Kaveh’s work speaks to experiences of queerness and identity, attempting to address the nuances of living at multiple cultural intersections. He enjoys how sculpture and film, in particular, permit expansive and immersive avenues to explore the movement and evolution of and around queer bodies and communities.