Selected Works

Media Installations

HANGMAN (2016) – 8 minutes 

HANGMAN (2016) is 8 minutes looped  in a full room installation as part of “That’s so Gay” at the Gladstone Hotel. 

Still from Hangman – sodomite
Still from Hangman – sodomite
Still from Hangman – Igger
Still from Hangman – Igger

Bakergram/BANANAGRAM (2013) – 27.05 minutes

This is a video performance and installation drawing upon the experiences of and misrepresentations of Josephine Baker. 

Video performance close up of Bananas
Video performance close up of Bananas
Still of Bakergram/Bananagram video
Still of Bakergram/Bananagram video

Will (2012) – 3 minutes

Will is a 3 minute video that references a poem by Pat Parker called Legacy.

Still from video Will
Still from video Will

MOKO JUMBIE DANCE (2007)

MOKO JUMBIE DANCE (2007) is a mulitmedia installation created for Nuit Blanche and curated by Michelle Jacques.

 

Still from Moko Jumbie Dance
Still from Moko Jumbie Dance

Kinlinks (2005)

Kinlinks is a web-based project and a faux web-based genetic testing corporation.

The Dozens (2003) – 7 minutes

This audio piece accompanies the painting “If I was a different person” and contains a list of names of youth who have died in Toronto accompanied by ‘your momma’ jokes.

If I was a different person (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire, sequins, safety pin
on Canvas paper (5 ft x 6ft).
If I was a different person (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire, sequins, safety pin on Canvas paper (5 ft x 6ft).

Videos

For full videography, please visit V Tape.

Time Will Come (2018) – 5 minutes

Time Will Come is a 5 minute experimental video that dramatizes in dance, movement and metaphor the narrator’s quest to find her heart. 

Stills from the Time Will Come video
Stills from the Time Will Come video
Stills from the Time Will Come video
Stills from the Time Will Come video
Stills from the Time Will Come video
Stills from the Time Will Come video

Touched By A Soucouyant  (2015) – 7 minutes

Touched by a Soucouyant  (2015) is a 7 minute video where a late night encounter leads to an invitation from a Soucouyant. 

Stills from Touched By A Soucouyant
Stills from Touched By A Soucouyant
Stills from Touched By A Soucouyant
Stills from Touched By A Soucouyant
Stills from Touched By A Soucouyant
Stills from Touched By A Soucouyant

Call me Daisy – 3 minutes

King Kong reveals their true identity and denounces her American citizenship.

Stills from Call me Daisy
Stills from Call me Daisy
Stills from Call Me Daisy
Stills from Call Me Daisy

Deconstructed Drawings

My Revolution

My ‘Revolution’ pieces are made with corrugated cardboard, which I find is an apt metaphor for my blended subjects. 

Emerging Invisble Man: (2007) Invisible Man 18 x 24 inches; Cardboard, Gesso
Emerging Invisble Man: (2007) Invisible Man 18 x 24 inches; Cardboard, Gesso
RightOn: (2007) Right On 18 x24 inches; Cardboard, gesso.
RightOn: (2007) Right On 18 x24 inches; Cardboard, gesso.
Boxer: (2007)18 x 24 inches; Cardboard, Gesso
Boxer: (2007)18 x 24 inches; Cardboard, Gesso

Linocut Prints

Oakwood Triptych

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X Shillings…Oakwood and St Clair; Triptych #1 (2001) Linocut (16x 20)

X shillings is the price paid by Canada in 1805 to the Mississauga Indians for 100,000 hectares of land that included the majority of Toronto.

Grid Resistance…Oakwood and St Clair; Triptych # 2 (2001) Linocut (16x 20) 

This is about the geographical nature of the Oakwood area and its resistance to following the grid pattern set by Aitkin’s gridiron plan of 1793.

Winona’s Dream…Oakwood and St Clair; Triptych # 3 (2001) Linocut (16 x 20)

Tells the Story of Winona Ave. that before annexation in 1910 was known as Ossington Ave.

Charmed Lady “Head Covering Series” (2002) Linocut (12x12”)
Charmed Lady “Head Covering Series” (2002) Linocut (12x12”)
Tree of forgetfulness vs. Ashe (2000)		Linocut (12 x 16”)
Tree of forgetfulness vs. Ashe (2000) Linocut (12 x 16”)

Paintings

Letters To The Ancestors

The series called “Letters to my Ancestors” which I began in 2002, uses printing techniques such as linocut, photolithography and the application of other materials such as wire, shells, mirrors and encaustic wax – my version of Combined painting onto unstretched canvas.

Missing …Letters to my Ancestors series (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, linocut, Photolithography, wire on Canvas paper (16 x 20)
Missing …Letters to my Ancestors series (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, linocut, Photolithography, wire on Canvas paper (16 x 20)
Secrets… Letters to my Ancestors (2002)	Pastels, wax, beads, mirrors on      
Canvas paper (16 x 20)
Secrets… Letters to my Ancestors (2002) Pastels, wax, beads, mirrors on Canvas paper (16 x 20)
The Crossing …Letters to my Ancestors (2001) Pastels, wax, beads, mirrors on Canvas paper (16 x 20)
The Crossing …Letters to my Ancestors (2001) Pastels, wax, beads, mirrors on Canvas paper (16 x 20)

Relay Series

I will to you Rage (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire on Canvas paper (3ftx4 ft)
I will to you Rage (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire on Canvas paper (3ftx4 ft)
The Water Carrier (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire, linocut on canvas (4 ft x 6ft.)
The Water Carrier (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire, linocut on canvas (4 ft x 6ft.)
Tar Baby (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire, pin on Canvas paper (4 ft x 6ft)
Tar Baby (2003) Pastels, wax, shells, wire, pin on Canvas paper (4 ft x 6ft)