© k.g. Guttman. Photo : Hua Jin.
Meet the artist
k.g. Guttman
On October 1st, 2022 from 2 pm to 4 pm
In the context of the exhibition Art of Research, k.g. Guttman will be in the gallery between 2 pm and 4 pm to speak with the public and answer questions.
In her work à faire sur le vivant, visiting a work by Sameer Farooq and Mirjam Linschooten, she examines how to be a guest in an artist’s work, and how to be a guest herself, as an artist, in an image that is not her own.
Swing by Dazibao to see the exhibition and meet the artist in an informal setting!
k.g. Guttman is a settler Canadian researcher, artist, and mother based in Tiohtiá:ke/ Montréal. She is a graduate of the PhDArts program of Leiden University and the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague (Netherlands). She has received funding through SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) for artistic research that considers territoriality discourse, choreographic practice, and site-specific interventions.
Diverse invitations that bridge dance and visual art contexts include exhibitions at Gallery TPW and Blackwood Gallery (Toronto), VIVA! Art Action, RIPA, and La Centrale (Tiohtiá:ke/ Montréal), Musée d’art de Joliette, Klupko (Amsterdam), Espace Khiasma, Palais de Tokyo and Point Éphémère (Paris). Her choreographic residencies and commissions include l’Agora de la danse and Tangente (Tiohtiá:ke/ Montréal), the Canada Dance Festival and Dancemakers (Toronto), the University of Sonora (Hermosillo), Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk).
k.g. Guttman’s role as educator is intertwined with her artistic practices. From 2008 to 2013. Guttman was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Contemporary Dance at Concordia University, and in 2015 she taught in the photography department at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Netherlands). k.g. Guttman worked as a professional dancer with the company Le Groupe Dance Lab under the direction of Peter Boneham from 1999 to 2005, and freelanced with Lynda Gaudreau, Louise Bédard, Antonija Livingstone, among others.
Exhibition
Art of Research
From September 1st to November 5, 2022
Dazibao thanks the artist for her generous collaboration as well as its advisory programming committee for its support.
Dazibao receives financial support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Ville de Montréal.
Dazibao acknowledges that we are located on unceded territory of the Kanien'kehá: ka Nation and that Tiohtiá: ke / Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations, and today, is home to a diverse population of Indigenous as well as other peoples.