Artist Talk by Dana Prieto

Dana Prieto is an artist and educator based in Tkaronto. Her site-responsive work examines personal, collective, and institutional relations with colonial structures through a careful attention to the ground, and the different forms of living and dying within it. Dana creates immersive installations that centre ceramic processes and soil-derived materials to reflect on the technologies of containment found in the places where she lives and works: looking at mines, bodies, nests, vessels, and land. Dana holds a Master of Visual Studies from University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University. Her work has been presented in galleries, public spaces and informal cultural venues across Canada, Argentina, Mexico and USA.

This talk is free and open to the public, all are welcome. If you have accommodation needs, please contact dmg.utsc@utoronto.ca.

U of T Scarborough students attending for course credit should register through CLNx.

This talk is part of the Visiting Artist Lecture Series, co-presented by the Doris McCarthy Gallery & Studio Art program, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, University of Toronto Scarborough. This semester's series addresses the urgency of the climate crisis and the effect of human actions on the environment, inviting artists to talk about the ways in which their practice engages with the topic of climate justice, and the unlikely collaborators needed in order to shift our mindsets, practices, and conversations about how we live our lives.

This program takes place in Rm IA-2150A, Sam Ibrahim Building, U of T Scarborough. This is a seated event. The classroom is wheelchair accessible.