Presented by the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora in partnership with OCAD U's International Programs & Collaboration Office. It is with great pleasure th at we invite you to the exhibition, Christopher Cozier: Solo Exhibition at the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora, Room 410-205 Richmond St W. The exhibition runs from Monday, October 16 – 20, 2023. A reception will take place on Wednesday, October 18th, from 6 to 8 p.m. 

Wednesday, October 18th | 11 am - 3 pm, Reception 6 - 8 pm
Thursday, October 19th | 11 am - 5 pm
Friday, October 20th | 11 am - 3 pm
Tuesday, October 24th | 11 am - 5pm
Wednesday, October 25th | 11am - 5pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday

Room 410 | 205 Richmond St. W.
 
Christopher Cozier is an artist living and working in Trinidad, and co-director of Alice Yard, Port of Spain. Through his art, ranging from notebook drawings to installations derived from recorded staged actions, Cozier investigates how Caribbean historical and current experiences can inform understandings of the wider contemporary world. His work is currently part of Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, on tour from the MCA (Chicago), now on view at ICA (Boston). Recent exhibitions include the 11th Liverpool Biennial (2021); the 14th Sharjah Biennial (2019); The Sea is History, Historisk museum, Oslo (2019), Fragments of Epic Memory (2021) at the AGO, and documenta fifteen (2022) with Alice Yard. He is a Prince Claus Award Laureate 2013 and was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2004. He received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, US (1986) and an MFA in Visual Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, US (1988).