As Atlanta artist/photographer Philip Bonneau prepared to unveil his “Heroes +Villains #2” exhibit last spring, he didn’t realize his life was about to change.
Shortly after the opening, he got profiled in the gay national media outlet “The Advocate” – twice. Actor George Takei trumpeted one of his pieces online. (“It was so interesting to see my work go viral,” he says).
Bonneau also launched a Kickstarter campaign that enabled him to do a wildly popular “Heroes +Villains #3” at the end of the year, combining drag with his usual vision of superheroes. And there’s more — through Kickstarter he was able to meet a funder and participate in “Dream Weaver,” a New York exhibit this spring honoring actress Sigourney Weaver, where the artist based a piece on Weaver’s character in “Aliens.” He was also asked to be a guest at next year’s Outlantacon.
Bonneau calls the last year and a half “overwhelming.”