OCAD U Professor Simon Glass Speaking in Berlin
Simon Glass is a Toronto-based visual artist. He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art at OCAD University and teaches photography and cross-disciplinary art.
Glass graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1983 where he trained as a photographer and visual artist.
He completed an M.A. in Media and Communication at the European Graduate School in 2005.
Date
October 15, 2019
Location
University of Europe, Berlin (Dessauer Str. 3, 10963 Berlin, Germany), Room 149
OCAD U Professor Simon Glass Speaking in Berlin.
In his artistic practice original, archival and found photography is combined with mystical, liturgical and biblical Hebrew text. His work has also traversed sculpture and installation.
In his current practice, he examines the poetry of Paul Celan and its relationship to the thought of Martin Heidegger. Glass’ work has been exhibited widely in group and solo exhibitions
throughout Canada and internationally. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
