Bird Lady, 2010
On the TTC:
Sunday the 2nd, Monday the 10th, Thursday the 27th

Artist Statement

I create images that play with dialogues between the real and the virtual. By adopting the rhetorical and aesthetic devices of portraiture and advertising, images morph digitally, combine and reconstruct. My work explores the myriad dysfunctional ways that humans attempt to ‘master’ and transform our identity, fellow animals and nature as a whole.

Artist Bio

With theatrical absurdity, Pugen explores the relationship between performance and the artificial, the natural and the virtual through altering and manipulating media. Working with video, film, and photography in the digital realm Pugen renders situations that examine our perceptions of how history, documentation, and simulation intersect. His videos and art have been exhibited nationally and internationally in places such as Berlin Transmediale 05, New York, Australia International Digital Art Awards, Poland 12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, Vancouver, Toronto - Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art , England Moves 08 Festival

Geoffrey Pugen is an MFA graduate in Film and Video from York University. He has completed programs in both Theatre Arts from the University of British Columbia and in Integrated Media from the Ontario College of Art And Design. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, The National Film Board of Canada, and Bravo!FACT. He is a recipient of the K.M Hunter Award for Interdisciplinary art.

Artist Contact

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www.angellgallery.com