Pamila Matharu: From the Streets to the Classroom—The Importance of Academic Freedom 

Moderated by Sanaz Mazinani 
Wednesday January 26th 12-1pm (on Zoom)  
 
Pamila Matharu (1973-) is a settler of Panjabi descent from north-west India, born in Birmingham, England, based in Tkarón:to (Toronto), Treaty 13 territory - the lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat. She holds a BA in Visual Arts, and a Fine Arts BEd from York University. Approaching contemporary art from the position of critical pedagogy and using an interdisciplinary and intersectional feminist lens, her work culminates in a broad range of forms including: installation art, social practice, and experimental media art. Recently she was awarded the CONTACT Festival’s 2020 Burtynsky Photobook Award, the 2019 Images Festival Homebrew Award, and the 2019 Ontario Association of Art Galleries’ Exhibition of the Year award for her critically acclaimed debut solo exhibit One of These Things is Not Like the Other at A Space Gallery, Toronto (2019). Currently in research and production is Where Were You in ‘92? commissioned by Archive I Counter-Archive, Or Gallery (Vancouver), One Archives (University of Southern California), Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Queen’s University, Kingston, ON), Optica (Montreal), Peel Art Museum & Archives (Brampton, Ontario), and The Rooms (St. John’s, Newfoundland) unfolding throughout 2022-2023.