Anna Hawkins (CA/US)

Anna Hawkins is an artist who works primarily in moving image and installation with an interest in the ways that images, gestures and language are circulated and transformed online and the effects of technology on the intimate spheres of daily life. She references art history, internet tutorials, fail video compilations, horror films, social media hashtags, planetarium shows, and astrology in order to highlight the distortions and conventions inherent in both contemporary and historical methods of image making.

Her works have recently been exhibited and screened at transmediale (Berlin, DE), CCCB (Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, ES), the Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival (Istanbul, TR), Dazibao (Montréal, CA), Images Festival (Toronto, CA), and The Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton, CA). She has recently participated in artist residency programs at Villa Ruffieux (Sierre, CH), Fondation Napoule (Mandelieu-la-Napoule, FR), Est-Nord-Est (St-Jean-Port-Joli, CA), and MASS MoCA (North Adams, USA). In 2022, she was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s preeminent award for Contemporary Art. She is currently an Associate Professor in Studio Arts at MacEwan University on Treaty 6 Territory ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), Edmonton, Canada.

Headshot: Jean-Sébastien Veilleux