The material and emotional labor that goes into sustaining community is at the center of Ame’s work. From that core, they create photos, experimental films, and installations that invite the audience into the intimacy they encounter with others, prioritizing tactile connection over detached observation. A multimedia and social practice artist, Ame’s work explores the construction of belonging through the lens of queerness and embodied trans experience. Recent projects meld portraiture and community organizing to create playful and collaborative photographic spaces. Their work has been shown at several galleries in the Pacific Northwest, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and the Millennium Film Workshop in Brooklyn, NY.