naakita f.k.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

“July, 1953.”, Multimedia installation, Gare Matapedia, Matapedia, QC (upcoming 2023)
“The Density of Dust”, Video installation, Images Festival and VTape at Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, Toronto, ON (2023)
“I was once sea floor”, Multimedia installation, Ada X, Montreal, QC (2023)
“On Interdependence”, Audio installation, Concordia University Library, Montreal, QC (2022)
“Stone Tape: A haunting”, Multimedia installation, Jardins de Métis, Grand-Métis, QC (2021)
“Wednesdays, Before Piano.”, A udio and video installation, FOFA Gallery Black Box, Montreal, QC (2019)
“Wednesdays, Before Piano.”, Audio and video installation, Knot Project Space, Ottawa, ON (2018)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

my final prayer (“Stone Tape: A haunting” - Video installation), Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON (2023)
Tu m’enveloppes et je te contiens, (“The Density of Dust” - Video installation), Fonderie Darling, Montreal, QC (2022)
JUSTICE (“This Country is Like a Dreamland” - Video installation in collaboration with Tam Khoa Vu and Yoon Rachel Nam), MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), Montreal, QC (2022)
The World is My Home (“Remaking Edgware” - Video), Videofenster, Cologne, DE (2021)
Rencontre avec l'autre soi-même (“Wednesdays, Before Piano.” - Video installation), EXPRESSION, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC (2020)
Beyond the Veil (“For Nennen” - Textile), Mémoire de l'Avenir, Paris, FR (2019)
Beyond the Veil (“For Nennen” - Textile), ARTLIFE for the World Gallery, Venice, ITA (2019)
Ateliers de Bellechasse, (“Rencontre autour d'une table” - Collaborative installation), Montreal, QC (2019)
Public Syntax (“Between Pieces and Past.” - Video installation in collaboration with Ivanie Aubin-Malo), Critical Distance, Toronto, ON (2019)
OUTPUT: Annual Screening of SAW Video grantees (“Wednesdays, Before Piano.” - Video), The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON (2018)
Decussation: Experiences Through Video, (“Grandma's Crystal Flowers” - Video installation), Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON (2017)
Critical Ethics, (“Grandma's Crystal Flowers” - Video installation) Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON (2016)
Chercher des personnes, des lieux ou d’autres choses, (“Toward Be/Longing” - Print media installation) Galerie B-312, Montreal, QC (2016)
Unnoticed Art Festival, (“Sans y être” - Audio performance in collaboration with Roby Provost-Blanchard), Nijmegen, Netherlands (2016)
Meet Me on the Tarmac, (“The Sharing Economy” - Video installation), Art Mûr, Montreal, QC (2016)
THOUGHTBAGS (Or, Every Image is a Gushing Sack of Ideas), (“The Best We Have” - Audio installation), YTB Gallery, Toronto, ON (2015)
Harbinger, (“Could We Talk?” - Site intervention), Eastern Bloc, Montreal, QC (2015)

PUBLISHED TEXTS

Invisibilities No. 2, “Wednesdays, Before Piano.” (2019)
Making Spaces: Exhibition Catalog, “What is Light?” (2017)
Queer Codes - Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and the Digital: “Queering the Both of Us: The Subversive Potential of the Avatar” (2016)
KAPSULA Magazine: “I Feel So Far Away From You, Could We Talk?” Vol. 2, Theme 3 (2015)

RESIDENCIES/ARTIST PROGRAMS

Gare Matapedia Residency, Fonderie Darling et Vaste et Vague, Matapedia, QC (2023)
Artist in Residence, Ada X, Montreal, QC (2022)
Maison d'Ariane Research Creation Residency, Grand Métis, QC (2021)
CRFC Audio Storyteller Resident, CJLO, Montreal, QC (2021)
Hot Docs Podcast Career Accelerator (2021)
Micro-Residency, facilitated by Victoria Stanton, Entrelacs, QC (2019)
L'Externat, mentorship program with Les Territoires, Montreal, QC (2018-2019)
Critical Ethics, themed commission residency at Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON (2016)
MoMA PS1 Free School, with Marina Abramovic, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and Steve Paxton, New York, NY (2012)

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

“Community Care and Personal Sustainability Across the Arts”, Art Matters Festival, Montreal, QC (2023)
“I was once sea floor: Artist talk moderated by Lindsay Leblanc”, Ada X, Montreal, QC (2023)
“The Memories of Objects: Storytelling and digital literacy workshop”, New Hope Seniors Centre, Montreal, QC (2023)
“Granting Access: How the grant landscape is changing & what you need to know”, Skillshare workshop, POP Montreal, Montreal, QC (2022)
“Crafting Artist Statements and Bios”, Writing workshop, Art Volt Collection, Montreal, QC (2022)
“Arts and Professional Practices”, Guest lecturer for ARTT 399 , Concordia University, Montreal, QC (2021)
“Grant Writing: The basics and beyond”, Writing workshop, FASA Concordia, Montreal, QC (2021, 2022)
“Witnessing Change: A conversation around memory and changing landscapes”, Artist talk, Jardins de Métis, Grand-Métis, QC (2021)
“Remaking Edgware”, Artist talk and video screening, Museum of Jewish Montreal, Montreal, QC (2021)
“In Between Remembering: Intergenerational Practice”, Artist talk, Knot Project Space, Ottawa, ON (2018)
“Queer Codes - Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and the Digital: Book Launch”, Panel presentation, Montreal, QC (2016)
“Toward Be/Longing: Book Launch”, Artist talk, Galerie B-312, Montreal, QC (2016)
Ritual, Group performance curated by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge , MoMA PS1, New York, NY (2012)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Conseils des arts et lettres du Quebec “Creation” (2022)
Canada Council for the Arts "Explore and Create - Research and Creation" (2022)
Canada Council for the Arts "Explore and Create - Research and Creation" (2021)
Museum of Jewish Montreal Microgrant for Creative and Cultural Exploration (2020)
Canada Council for the Arts "Digital Originals" (2020)
SAW Video Jumpstart Grant (2017-2018)
Concordia Student Union Special Project Fund (2016)
Concordia University Alumni Association (2016)
FASA Special Project Grant (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Concordia University Travel Grants to Undergraduate Students (2015)
Concordia Council on Student Life Special Project Fund (2014)
Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award (2014)
OCADU BMO Financial Group Award, Incoming Student Community Service Award (2011)

EDUCATION

Concordia University, Montreal QC – BFA Intermedia, with distinction (2012-2017)