ArtistsChrysanne StathacosChrysanne Stathacos is a multi-media artist and educator whose art works and interactive public art projects have traveled to museums, public spaces and contemporary art galleries on four continents. Her art practice makes connections between ritual actions and contemporary performance/installation art to create cross-cultural hybrid works that engage the public by giving them the opportunity to have direct participation. Stathacos is a graduate of York University, Toronto, and has received awards from the Puffin Foundation, The Japan Foundation, The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, and Art Matters. Her first interactive public art work, The Wish Machine, was originally commissioned by Creative Time for Grand Central Station, New York (1997) and has traveled to train stations and museums, including The Power Plant Art Gallery, Toronto, Ludwig Forum Museum and the Frankfurt Train Station, Germany. She currently resides between Toronto and New York.
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