Christopher Cozier: Solo Exhibition
Presented by the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora in partnership with OCAD U's International Programs & Collaboration Office
October 16 to 20, 2023
Room 410 | 205 Richmond St. W.
Opening Reception | October 18, 6 to 8 p.m.
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the exhibition, Christopher Cozier: Solo Exhibition at the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora, Room 410-205 Richmond St W.
The exhibition runs from Monday, October 16 – 20, 2023. A reception will take place on Wednesday, October 18th, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Christopher Cozier is an artist living and working in Trinidad, and co-director of Alice Yard, Port of Spain. Through his art, ranging from notebook drawings to installations derived from recorded staged actions, Cozier investigates how Caribbean historical and current experiences can inform understandings of the wider contemporary world. His work is currently part of Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, on tour from the MCA (Chicago), now on view at ICA (Boston). Recent exhibitions include the 11th Liverpool Biennial (2021); the 14th Sharjah Biennial (2019); The Sea is History, Historisk museum, Oslo (2019), Fragments of Epic Memory (2021) at the AGO, and documenta fifteen (2022) with Alice Yard. He is a Prince Claus Award Laureate 2013 and was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2004. He received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, US (1986) and an MFA in Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, US (1988).
Related Programming with Christopher Cozier
Defying the Margins: Student Exhibition
October 10 to 23, 2023
Ada Slight Gallery | 100 McCaul St.
Opening Reception | October 18, 5 to 6 p.m.
An exhibition from the OCAD University course, Defying the Margins, generously sponsored by The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation, Global Experience Project, led by faculty member Esery Mondesir. This exhibition showcases visual dialogue and reflections from the students' two-week artist residency at Alice Yard in Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, working with Christopher Cozier.
Artist Talk: Christopher Cozier
October 20, 2023 | 7pm
Jackman Hall | Art Gallery of Ontario
Reserve your free tickets here.
Join Trinidadian artist, writer, and curator Christopher Cozier for a talk about his work and the historical and contemporary narratives that shape our understanding of the Caribbean. Presented in partnership with OCAD U’s Global Experience Project generously supported by the Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation.
