I wish that bullets would turn to roses and hatred to friendship #2
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Chrysanne Stathacos
Artist's Statement:
My revolution would be the wish "That bullets would turn to roses and hatred to friendship." We need a revolution of friendship, beauty and nature for Toronto by creating a visual portal to an ethereal realm of hope. By transforming anger to friendship we can bring peace.
Artist's Bio:
Chrysanne Stathacos is a multi-media artist and educator whose art works and interactive public art projects have traveled to museums, public spaces and contemporary art galleries on four continents. Her art practice makes connections between ritual actions and contemporary performance/installation art to create cross-cultural hybrid works that engage the public by giving them the opportunity to have direct participation. Stathacos is a graduate of York University, Toronto, and has received awards from the Puffin Foundation, The Japan Foundation, The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, and Art Matters. She currently resides between Toronto and New York. Recent solo exhibitions include: ‘Invisible Colors’, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto (2006), ‘another chance (two)’, PS122 Classroom Project Gallery, New York (2005), ‘another chance’, Nature Morte, New Delhi (2005).
Contact Info:http://www.chrysannestathacos.com/
