In this online conversation, Theo Jean Cuthand and his mother, artist Ruth Cuthand, will discuss their video collaboration Neurotransmitting (2021) and their approaches to artmaking, addressing mental health, the power of family and kinship, and artistic expression.
This talk will be hosted on Zoom and is free and open to the public. Registration required. If you have accommodation needs, please let us know through the registration form or contact dmg.utsc@utoronto.ca. After registering, attendees will be provided with a Zoom link to join the talk virtually.
Theo Jean Cuthand was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1978. Since 1995 he has made experimental narrative videos and performances which have exhibited in festivals and galleries internationally, including Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the National Gallery in Ottawa, Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis, and Berlinale and Oberhausen International Kurzfilmtage in Germany. He completed a BFA in Film and Video at ECUAD, and an MA in Media Production at TMU. He is currently developing a feature film and a video game, and is the current Indigenous-Artist-In-Residence at Western University. He is a trans man who uses He/Him pronouns. He is Plains Cree and Scots, and resides in Toronto.
Ruth Cuthand was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1954 of Plains Cree, Scottish and Irish ancestry. Cuthand is a mixed media artist whose practice includes painting, drawing, photography and beadwork. Through her powerful aesthetics balancing political invective and humour, her work challenges mainstream perspectives of colonialism and relationships between settlers and Indigenous people. Her work is featured in many collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the MacKenzie Art Gallery. In 2013, she was recognized with a Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award. Ruth Cuthand lives and works in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
