Cindy Blažević is a Canadian-Croatian artist who is interested in power dynamics and power imbalances as they play out in the ways we construct our societies and our identities – from immigration to motherhood, economics, punishment and the macro of personal relationships. She uses photography, socially-engaged investigations, writing, performance and installation to explore how power and exclusion are intertwined in the practice of daily life and in our collective consciousness.
In her work, process-based and generative, she thinks about the multiple truths and narratives within all systems and persons, and how these systems govern and negotiate the known and unknown space between us.
Cindy’s work has been exhibited and awarded internationally. The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the British Arts Council, the European Cultural Fund, the Open Society Institute and the Toronto Arts Council are among the organizations that have supported her projects. She holds a specialist BA in International Relations from the University of Toronto, and has studied photography at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) and cultural studies at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. She currently lives in Toronto.
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Email: hello[at]cindyblazevic[dot]com
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