© Claudia Edwards. Grief Dances, 2020. Photo Tram Nghiem

Claudia Edwards is a performance artist based in Toronto, Canada. Of Indo-Guyanese and British descent, their work explores issues of identity, memory, queerness, power, and decolonization, often through the vocabularies of embodiment, absurdism, and the queer trickster tradition. Their approach is conceptually driven, spanning relational performance, experimental dance, photography, video, text, and objects.

Curatorial works include HOTWIRE, a live art series featuring QTBIPOC artists hosted by Hub14, and serving on the Rhubarb 2020 curatorial collective. Edwards holds a BFA from Concordia University Montréal, 2016. They have created works for FADO, Rhubarb Festival, Glasgow BUZZCUT, Flux Factory and more, and have presented performances and workshops in festivals and galleries across Canada, the US, the UK, and live online.

Works

Performance

On the Table Off the Table

Aspiring to aesthetic neutrality or demanding attention as a chosen object, the table reappears throughout the history of performance, at times taking center stage, at other times hiding in plain sight.

Joe Culpepper (USA)
Claudia Edwards (Toronto)
Vanessa Dion Fletcher (Toronto)
Nadège Grebmeier Forget (MTL)
Marcin Kedzior (Toronto)
Mathieu Lacroix (MTL)
Mani Mazinani (Toronto)
Sue Murad (USA)
Jehan Roberson (USA)
Cara Spooner (Toronto)

Performance

Bureau of Aesthetics: Under Activation

Accumulative performance actions in the context of the exhibition, Native Art Department International: Bureau of Aesthetics.

Claudia Edwards

Works

On the Table Off the Table

Bureau of Aesthetics: Under Activation

Writing

Engagements

BOOKS & OTHER EPHEMERA

Artist Orange

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