This new body of text based work was inspired by Claxton's st ay in Winnipeg for six weeks in 2007. Incorporating her roots as a poet\, C laxton has made two video installations based on her original writings she did while in Winnipeg. The set of works include performative text\, digital text based\, and watercolour and pencil.
Dana Claxton began her art practice with a multi-media poetry performance at the Pitt Gallery in 1991 during the Neo Nativist group show and this will be the fi rst time in 21 years that she has made visual art with her writing. Althoug h\, she has maintained a writing practice with short narrative films and po etry\, TXT4WPG brings her visual and text practices together. She describes her stay in Winnipeg as enchanting and complex.
Biography: Dana Clax ton works in film\, video\, photography\, multi channel installation and pe rformance art. Her practice investigates indigenous beauty\, the socio-poli tical and the spiritual. Her work has been shown internationally at the Mus eum of Modern Art (NYC)\, Walker Art Centre\, Sundance Film Festival\, Eite ljorg Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney\, AU).
Her wo rk is held in public collections including the Vancouver Art Gallery\, Nati onal Gallery of Canada\, Art Bank of Canada and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. S he has received numerous awards including the VIVA Award and the Eiteljorg Fellowship.
Her work was selected for the 17th Biennale of Sydney Bie nnale (10)\, de Biennale Montréal (07)\, Biennale d’art contemporain du Hav re\, France (06)\, Micro Wave\, Hong Kong (05) Art Star Biennale\, Ottawa ( 05) and Wro 03 Media Arts Biennale Wroclaw Poland (03). She has created com missioned works for the University of Lethbridge Gallery\, Alternator Galle ry\, Winnipeg Art Gallery\, Urban Shaman\, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery and Tribe. She has presented talks at the Getty Institute (LA) and the Art College Association (USA) and the Opening Week Forum of the Biennale of Sy dney.
Claxton was born in Yorkton Saskatchewan and her family res erve is Wood Mountain. Her paternal Euro-Canadian Grandmother taught her ho w to harvest and preserve food and her maternal Lakota grandmother taught h er to seek justice. Dana is the youngest of four siblings\, an auntie\, nie ce\, cousin and daughter.
Claxton resides in Vancouver is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theo ry at the University of British Columbia.
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