Graphite Test Pattern for Eva Hesse
graphite on mylar, 4 unbound signatures
2013
Julian A M.P. is an Amiskwacîwâskahikan*-born, trans, white settler and multi-disciplinary artist who resides in Tkaronto**. Julian has exhibited in Canada, the USA, Italy and Japan. Recent projects include performances at the Kamias Triennial in July 2024, and Quiet Parade at Blackwood Gallery in September 2024. He has created solo performances for Spoke Gallery (Chicago), Mixer Mixer, curated by Christof Migone, (Koerner Hall, Toronto), and Rat-drifting curated by Martin Arnold (Array Space, Toronto). He is the editor of Pictura, Essays on the works of Roy Kiyooka (Guernica Editions, 2020). Julian is one-half of Private Robots (Poets Barrio TV.) He received an MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a lecturer in Studio at the University of Toronto Scarborough. His work is in private collections in Canada, the USA and Italy.
*Amiskwacîwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) (beaver hills house), is the nehiyawewin itwewin (Cree) name for the Treaty 6 Territory now called Edmonton. It is home to the second largest Indigenous population north of the 49th parallel including the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux and Métis Peoples.
**Tkaronto is originally a Huron word that means the place where the trees stand in the water - the place where the fish weirs are. The Petun, the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishnaabeg, the Métis, the Mississaugas of the Credit have all made their homes here in Tkaronto (now named Toronto) along with many other nations. It is important to assert the sovereignty and treaty rights of Indigenous Nations and to push for changes by all levels of governance and community leadership to ensure that Indigenous Nations and communities thrive and flourish for thousands of generations to come.