From our Point of View: Encounters with Artists
Event
Public
From our Point of View: Encounters with Artists is supported through the generous support of Lady Elizabeth (Pixie) Mudge Massey Shaw.
Join us at the Rosalie Sharp Pavillion (MCD), 115 McCaul St., lower level.
115 McCaul St.
5:15 - 7 p.m.
Faculty of Art
Event
Public
115 McCaul St.
5:15 - 7 p.m.
Faculty of Art
Event
Public
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We are delighted to welcome Rajni Perera as the second guest artist for From our Point of View: Encounters with Artists: an extra-curricular project where a team of OCAD undergrads research and interview established artists under the mentorship of Governor General’s Award-winning artist Max Dean. It is a re-thinking of the conventional artist talk that centres student inquiry and makes connection across generations.
Rajni Perera was born in Sri Lanka in 1985 and lives and works in Toronto. She explores issues of hybridity, futurity, ancestorship, migrant and marginalized identities/cultures, monsters and dream worlds. These themes come together to fuel explorations within a multimedia practice that includes drawing and painting, clay, wood, lanterns, new media sculpture, textile, and most recently, synthetic taxidermy. Perera seeks to open and reveal the dynamism of the icons, beings and objects she creates by means of a subversive aesthetic that counteracts antiquated, oppressive discourse, and acts as a restorative force. Perera’s work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Sobey Foundation, and the Musée De Beaux Arts De Montréal.
From our Point of View: Encounters with Artists is supported through the generous support of Lady Elizabeth (Pixie) Mudge Massey Shaw.
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