Clarissa Tossin works with moving-image, sculpture and installation to propose alternative narratives for places defined by histories of colonization. Through a mix of research, storytelling, and gestures of mapping and layering, Tossin places seemingly disparate elements into conversation, generating unexpected moments of interconnectedness across time and space. Tossin’s childhood in Brasília heavily influenced early films and installations deconstructing Brazil’s modernist history, which over the years have expanded to encompass geographies ranging from her adopted home of Los Angeles to the vast realms of outer space.

Tossin received an M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts and a B.F.A. from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo. Her work is currently featured in the Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing and in a solo exhibition at Frye Art Museum, Seattle.

During fall quarter 2024, Tossin will teach the undergraduate course, ART190, and the graduate seminar, ART 290D. ART 190 meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1–4 p.m.

The talk is open to the public. Doors open at 4 p.m.

Organized by The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program. Co-sponsored by the Manetti Shrem Museum.