Artist Talk by Tanya Mars

Tanya Mars is a feminist performance and video artist who has been involved in the Canadian art scene since 1973. Her work is often characterized as visually rich layers of spectacular, satirical feminist imagery. Mars is the recipient of a 2008 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. She currently teaches performance art and video at the University of Toronto Scarborough and is part of the graduate faculty of the Master of Visual Studies Program at the University of Toronto.