Alessandra Abballe is a lens-based artist and researcher working between Vancouver and Toronto, currently residing on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the qiqéyt (Qayqayt) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations. While rooted in photographic practices, their work often includes archival and vernacular imagery, video, text, and needlework. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University's School of Image Arts and is currently a Fine Arts Instructional Associate in Photography and Digital Media at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Current & Upcoming:
March 9 - June 21, 2023: All but absent from history, District Library Gallery (Capture Photography Festival), North Vancouver, BC
April 26, 2023: Photography, Annotation, and Revisionist History, Capture Photography Festival, Online artist talk