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# The Unapologetic Queerness of Artist Nayland Blake
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/nayland-blake-pride-podcast/
- Published: 2019-06-17T15:57:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:23:27.000Z
- Description: This Pride Month, it’s important to remember the artists who invite their queerness into every aspect of their life, work, and art, like Nayland Blake.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Podcast, 2019 Pride in Art, Nayland Blake, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

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Artist Nayland Blake (photo by the author for Hyperallergic)

During this special Pride Month, I knew we’d all need the wisdom of artist Nayland Blake, who is a leader in the field of queer representation and art, but that is one of his many talents as an artist, activist, educator, and innovator.

This episode, I talk to Blake to learn about their experiences growing up biracial and queer in New York, going to school in Southern California, their formative years in San Francisco, and their return to New York. They also school me on kink.

A special thanks to Twig Twig for the music to this week’s episode. You can listen to that and more at [twigtwig.bandcamp.com](https://twigtwig.bandcamp.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) and other streaming services.

This and more in [our current episode](https://hyperallergic.simplecast.com/episodes/the-unapologetic-queerness-of-nayland-blake?ref=hyperallergic.com) of our weekly [Art Movements](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/art-movements-podcast/) podcast.

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**This article is part of our** [***2019 Pride in Art***](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/2019-pride-in-art/) **series supported by** [**Swann Auction Galleries**](https://www.swanngalleries.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.**

Swann’s first ever “[Pride Sale](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&sale%5Fno=2514&st=D&viewby=lot%5Fasc&ps=50&ref=hyperallergic.com),” a curated auction of material related to the LGBTQ+ experience and the gay rights movement, takes place on June 20, 2019\. A corresponding exhibition of works on offer will run from June 15 through the sale.