“a jean-paul sarte press conference”, “the afterlife of the system”, “uncomforted and comfortless”

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_{Mike Callaghan’s work focuses on fragmentation, rearrangement and reinterpretation — considering the intimate cycles of identity, self-preservation and mortality — in a moment when frameworks of relationships are at once prominently visible and exhaustively hidden. Mike’s work has appeared in many of publications, including ZYZZYVA, Barzakh, Otoliths, Rhino Poetry, Streetcake Magazine, NonBinary Review, Peatsmoke Journal and The Shanghai Literary Review. His work has appeared in exhibitions including at Griffin Museum of Photography, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Soho Photo Gallery, Gallery 44, Propeller Gallery, Elysium Gallery and PhotoIreland.}

_{Mike Callaghan earned an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.}