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Althea Thauberger is an artist, filmmaker, and educator known for her place-based experimental documentary projects that emerge from collaborative research production processes. Her work, spanning photography, film, video, and performance, explores relationships, community stories, and geopolitical histories. Born in Saskatoon, she has a background of Scandinavian and Black Sea German descent. Thauberger’s recent exhibitions include the Kaunas Biennial (2021), Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver (2020), Toronto Biennial Art (2019), Art Gallery Nova Scotia (2019), National Gallery Canada (2019), and the inaugural Karachi Biennale in 2017. Her work has been the subject of numerous articles and reviews published in prestigious journals such as Art Forum, Canadian Art, and Frieze. She has also been featured in monographs published by Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver and other significant institutions. Her artistic practice evolved from documentary photography to include large-scale international theatrical performance productions, with a strong emphasis on the complex interplay between subjects and the environmental context of her images.
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