The Reinforcements by Qiana Mestrich : Reception & Talk with Ariane Hunter

Friday November 21, join us for the opening reception of The Reinforcements by Qiana Mestrich, on view at Chambers in Saugerties NY.

Author and speaker Ariane Hunter hosts a talk with the artist to discuss her series of photo collages that visualize the labor history of Black and immigrant women of color in America’s corporate workplace. The Reinforcements is part of a larger digital archive started as a visual investigation of evidence of the office labor of women of color during the information age.

Refreshments will be served.

Qiana Mestrich (b.1977) is an interdisciplinary artist and photo historian whose
work critically engages with themes of Black, mixed-race identity, motherhood/mothering and women's corporate labor. Informed by her upbringing as the daughter of immigrants from Panama and Croatia, Mestrich's artistic practice is complemented by contributions to the field of contemporary photography history. Her artwork has garnered international attention, with exhibitions at the RAY Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain and London Art Fair's Photo50.

A graduate of the ICP-Bard College MFA program, Mestrich’s work has been recognized through awards like the 2025 Saltzman Prize and CPW Vision Award, as well as the 2022 Magnum Foundation's Counter Histories grant for her research on women of color in the corporate workplace. Her solo exhibition on this body of work, The Reinforcements, was previously on view at Baxter St in the Lower East Side.

Author & speaker Ariane Hunter is the author of “Dreaming on Purpose”. Her work draws on decades of experience in the corporate space, as a business owner, career strategist and consultant. She has aworked with leading global organizations and business leaders including Women in Stem Leadership at Stony Brook University, Women’s Catalyst group at Hewlett Packard, Oracle, General Assembly, and more. She has been invited to speak on stages for Ladies Get Paid, Jopwell, WRISE, and NYU Stern Women in Business.