BIO : Mara Verna
Mara Verna has participated in solo exhibitions, group shows, and festivals within Canada and abroad namely South Africa, France, Great Britain, Germany, Mexico, and Slovenia. Some notable exhibitions to date include Sorry to Disturb (Mara Verna, Bag Factory Gallery, Johannesburg, 2001), invited Keynote Speaker for Fieldworks: Dialogues between art and anthropology (Tate Modern, London UK, 2003), Rien n’a ete perdu‘(Mara Verna, La Centrale Gallery, Montreal, 2003), and Whites Waiting (Mara Verna, City of Women Festival, Ljublijana, 2004). She has participated in various artists’ collectives, residencies, and workshops, including Public Eye (Cape Town), The Bag Factory (Johannesburg), Les Inclassables (Paris) and Localismos (Mexico D.F.).
Verna works within the realm of public art while simultaneously directing the live art document using digital media. Her practice offers a means to question implicit notions of representation in the struggle to challenge where art is located and for whom it is intended.