Oral history interview with Jeffrey Meris
name: label: Interviewee
content: Meris, Jeffrey, 1991-
label: Interviewer
content: Espinosa, Fernanda
label: Names
content: NXTHVN
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Meris, Jeffrey, 1991-
label: Interviewer
content: Espinosa, Fernanda
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jeffrey Meris (1991 - ) is a sculptor, painter, and installation artist  in New Haven, Connecticut. Meris was born in Haiti and grew up in the Bahamas; his work explores immigrant identity, displacement, and racialization. Meris is a 2020 NXTHVN Studio Fellow.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((21 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 September 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.meris20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Jeffrey Meris conducted 2020 September 2, by Fernanda Espinosa, for the for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Meris' studio in New Haven, Connecticut.­