{"id":2496,"date":"2015-04-07T21:27:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2019-12-24T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T21:59:48","slug":"harold-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/harold-diaz","title":{"rendered":"Harold Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2498\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-handshake.jpg\" alt=\"harold-diaz-the-handshake\" width=\"700\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-handshake.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-handshake-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-handshake-210x161.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The Handshake<\/em> (from the &#8220;Gradations: An Archive&#8221; series)<br \/>\ndimensions vary; digital; 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harold Diaz<br \/>\nWinooski, Vermont, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harold Diaz&#8217;s collage approach is mainly digital and utilizes strategically found imagery. His work explores a host of concepts, including male femininity, the unknown, queer\/gay identity and stages of transcendence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harold Diaz is a self-taught collage and photographic artist who currently resides in Vermont. His collage work explores a variety of concepts, including transcendence, the unknown, male stereotypes and queer identity. Harold&#8217;s collages have been exhibited internationally in Italy, Germany, the UK and the US. Images from his collage series &#8220;Gradations: An Archive&#8221; were selected for the UK 2015 Format International Photography Festival. Publications include Gestalten&#8217;s <em>The Age of Collage<\/em> and both print and online features worldwide. As a collage artist, Harold continues to surface realities that are conceivable, apparent and vibrant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"mailto:zaid75_@hotmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click to email<\/a>]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/harold-diaz.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">harold-diaz.tumblr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2499\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-spheres.jpg\" alt=\"harold-diaz-spheres\" width=\"453\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-spheres.jpg 453w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-spheres-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-spheres-210x324.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Spheres<\/em> (from the &#8220;Gradations: An Archive&#8221; series)<br \/>\ndimensions vary; digital; 2014<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2500\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-lucifer-iii.jpg\" alt=\"harold-diaz-lucifer-iii\" width=\"460\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-lucifer-iii.jpg 460w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-lucifer-iii-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-lucifer-iii-210x319.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Lucifer III<\/em>\u00a0(from the &#8220;Gradations: An Archive&#8221; series)<br \/>\ndimensions vary; digital; 2015<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2501\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-dresses.jpg\" alt=\"harold-diaz-dresses\" width=\"700\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-dresses.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-dresses-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-dresses-210x168.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Dresses<\/em>\u00a0(from the &#8220;Gradations: An Archive&#8221; series)<br \/>\ndimensions vary; digital; 2015<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2502\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-unseen.jpg\" alt=\"harold-diaz-the-unseen\" width=\"700\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-unseen.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-unseen-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-unseen-210x176.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The Unseen<\/em>\u00a0(from the &#8220;Gradations: An Archive&#8221; series)<br \/>\ndimensions vary; digital; 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winooski, Vermont<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8],"tags":[111],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/harold-diaz-the-handshake.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BNTD-Eg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}