Of Greek heritage, Toronto based multimedia artist and educator Chrysanne Stathacos explores the obvious and at times subliminal connections between ritual actions, feminism, technology and environmental issues resulting in cross-cultural hybrid installations. Her art practice draws on photography, printmaking, video, installation, public art, and participatory interaction to create works that investigate the enduring human processes of change, hope, and healing resulting in moments of immediate connection beyond language or cultural identity.

An integral part of Stathacos’ creative work to facilitate artistic exchanges, art education residencies, public art projects and conversations promoting mutual understanding of the interstices between diverse groups.

A graduate of York University, Toronto; Stathacos has received awards from Art Matters, Canada Council, The Japan Foundation; the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, and the Puffin Foundation. She has exhibited her work extensively in museums, galleries, sculpture gardens, train stations and public spaces internationally for twenty-five years. Stathacos’ major works include “The Wish Machine”, “The Aura Project”, “The Roses”, “1-900 Mirror Mirror”, and “Refuge, a wish garden” along with noteworthy collaborations such as, “One Night, One Garden One Wish” with sound artist Andrew Zealley, “The Banquet”, with Hunter Reynolds aka Patina du Prey, “The Abortion Project” with Kathe Burkhart, and “Green Machine” with composer Ben Neill.

In 2006 she was asked by the University of Buffalo Law School to create a mirrored rose petal mandala sculpture for H.H. the Dalai Lama’s first U.S. law school conference entitled, Law, Buddhism and Social Change which coincided with her installation, “Rose Mandala (of three reflections)” at the Anderson Gallery, University of Buffalo. In 2009 Stathacos’ Rose Mandela Mirror (installation and performance) was shown in Compassion, an exhibition curated by AA Bronson at the Institute for Art, Religion, and Social Justice. She is a founding Director of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Initiatives, an organization that works to reclaim the lost traditions of Tibetan women practitioners by supporting an emerging movement of female monastic communities in India and Tibet.

Her resume is available here in pdf format Stathacos CV
Stathacos is represented by Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt, Germany.
www.galerieheikestrelow.de