Mariette Pathy Allen has been photographing the transgender community for over 40 years. Through her artistic practice, she has been a pioneering force in gender consciousness. Throughout her career, she has published four books: “Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them” (Dutton, 1989), “The Gender Frontier” (Kehrer Verlag, 2004), “TransCuba” (Daylight Books, 2014), and “Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Burma and Thailand” (Daylight Books, 2017). Allen has had recent solo exhibitions at Culture Lab LIC, Queens, NY (2023); FMoPA, Tampa, FL (2022); Antidote Curates, Paris, France (2022); CLAMP, New York, NY (2022 and 2021); and the Museum of Sex, New York, NY (2019). Her work is included in numerous collections with recent acquisitions by The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Akron Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Allen is represented by CLAMP, New York, and her life’s work is being archived by Duke University.
