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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Theo Jean Cuthand
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for a meet and greet with this year’s Queer and Tr
 ans Research Lab (QTRL) Artist In-Residence Theo Jean Cuthand!\n\n\nIf you
  have any accessibility needs or requested accommodations\, please email s
 exual.diversity@utoronto.ca. \n\nTheo Cuthand (he/him) was born in Regina\
 , Saskatchewan\, Canada\, in 1978\, and grew up in Saskatoon. Since 1995\,
  he has been making short experimental narrative videos and films about se
 xuality\, madness\, queer identity and love\, and indigeneity\, which have
  screened in festivals internationally\, including the Tribeca Film Festiv
 al in New York City\, Mix Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity in Sao Paolo
 \, ImagineNATIVE in Toronto\, Ann Arbor Film Festival\, Images in Toronto\
 , Berlinale in Berlin\, New York Film Festival\, Outfest\, and European 
 Media Art Festival in Osnabrück. His work has also exhibited at art galle
 ries including the Remai in Saskatoon\, The National Gallery in Ottawa\, t
 he Whitney Museum of American Art in New York\, MoMA in New York\, and The
  Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.  He completed his Bachelor of Fine Ar
 ts majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design i
 n 2005\, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Toronto Metropolit
 an University in 2015. He has made commissioned work for Urban Shaman and 
 Videopool in Winnipeg\, Cinema Politica in Montreal\, VIMAF in Vancouver\,
  and Bawaadan Collective in Canada. In 2020\, he completed working on a 2D
  video game called A Bipolar Journey based on his experience learning and 
 dealing with his bipolar disorder. In 2023\, he finished his second video 
 game Carmilla the Lonely\, a lesbian vampire game about ethics. He was t
 he Indigenous Artist in Residence at University of Western Ontario for 202
 4-2025\, where he began work on a video game called Repatriate Me. He ha
 s also written three feature screenplays and has performed at Live at The 
 End of The Century in Vancouver\, Queer City Cinema’s Performatorium in 
 Regina\, and 7a*11d in Toronto. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. Hi
 s current project is a documentary trilogy called Unsettled Climate\, abou
 t transgender people who have been displaced or had to move because of cli
 mate change related disasters. He is a trans man who uses he/him pronouns.
  Cuthand is of Plains Cree and Scots descent\, a member of Little Pine Fir
 st Nation\, and currently resides in Toronto\, Canada. \n\n\n\nEvent Deta
 ils\n\nFriday\, November 28\, 2025\n5:00-6:00pm (doors open at 4:45)\nPaul
  Cardario Conference Centre\nRm. UC 185\, 15 King’s College Circle\n\n*N
 o registration required\n
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