Hands shaping clay on a pottery wheel in a sunlit studio

Cassils

Profile view of Cassils' body, fists closed, and arms in an upright wrestling-like position against a neutral white background.

Associate Professor of Art
Endowed Chair in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program

  • Manetti Shrem Art Studio

Cassils is a Canadian transgender artist who makes their own body the material and protagonist of their performances.

Cassils’ art contemplates the history(s) of LGBTQI+ violence, representation, struggle, and empowerment. For Cassils, performance is a form of social sculpture: Drawing from the idea that bodies are formed in relation to forces of power and social expectations, Cassils’ work investigates historical contexts to examine the present moment.