I was born (1998) in the unceded territory of lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) and am of Peruvian and Irish descent. I currently live in unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations’ territory (Vancouver). My work is interdisciplinary; mediums include painting, drawing, audio, film, writing and performance art.
Matters of the body, space, natural law, function, absurdity, dreams, sex, and relational experience are recurring in my work. The confrontation of sex, power and perversion and articulation of body horrors is an act I do through art. With regard to physical media, I enjoy mindfulness around materials, at times scavenging or utilizing natural and found materials in ways that surprise me.
My undergraduate education in Global and International Studies specializing in Anthropology (Carleton University) and post-graduate degree in Art Therapy (Kutenai Art Therapy Institute) show up in my art through my interests in cultural experience, sociopolitical power dynamics, ritual and ceremony, and creation as essential to wellbeing.
Paloma Callo 