Reading Group with Zinnia Naqvi

Zinnia Naqvi, Performative Citation, 2019, Digital print on vinyl. Photo: Dennis Ha.

Zinnia Naqvi, Performative Citation, 2019, Digital print on vinyl. Photo: Dennis Ha.

Gives-on-and-with (Installation View): Ayman Alazraq ad Zinnia Naqvi. Photo: Dennis Ha.

Zinnia Naqvi, Farzana, 2021, Script for in-progress work. Performative Citation, 2019, Digital print on vinyl. Photo: Dennis Ha.

Zinnia Naqvi is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal and Tkaronto/Toronto. Her work examines issues of colonialism, cultural translation, language, and gender through the use of photography, video, writing, and archival material. Recent works have included archival and re-staged images, experimental documentary films, video installations, graphic design, and elaborate still-lives. Her works often invite the viewer to question her process and working methods.

Naqvi’s work has been shown across Canada and internationally. She received an honorable mention at the 2017 Karachi Biennale in Pakistan and was an Artist in Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of EMILIA-AMALIA Working Group. She is a recipient of the 2019 New Generation Photography Award organized by the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada in partnership with Scotiabank. She earned a BFA in Photography Studies from Ryerson University and an MFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University.