Overview
Danica Drago and Victoria Guy resist the stereotypical and harmful assumptions and presumptions made about the body, personhood and lived experience. Their works in ceramics, glass and mixed-media reflect upon the body as site, inspiration and the ultimate instrument to mediate meaning through making. Drago and Guy celebrate material intent and process as the language to express embodied knowledge.
About Danica Drago
Danica Drago is an interdisciplinary material artist, tool-maker and arts facilitator based in Toronto. They have led an active ceramic studio teaching practice for the past seven years working with youth and adults of various ages and abilities at the Gardiner Museum, JCC and Harbourfront Centre. They have also developed site-specific clay and tool-making workshops with XPACE Cultural Centre, Jumblies Theatre, Toronto Public Library, Maker Festival, Charlie’s Freewheels and The Linden School. Drago has exhibited their work in Toronto and New York and is currently a Craft & Design Artist-in-Residence in the Ceramic Studio at Harbourfront Centre. Danica Drago would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council in the exhibition of this work.
About Victoria Guy
Victoria Guy was born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, and has had a solid connection to art throughout her life. Her journey in glass began with Sheridan College’s Honorary Bachelors of Craft and Design. She has won several awards through her education, such as the Colour Fusion Award, the Glen Williams Award and the William and Mary Corcoran Craft Award. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.