Desya Starr
Desya Starr
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Artist biography
Desya Starr is an artist from Amiskwaciy Waskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta), and a second year fine art student at MacEwan University. Desya’s first show took place at her mother’s hair stylist’s salon in Banff, Alberta and featured their childhood drawings. Their most recent group show was at the Zeta Psi fraternity in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan. Set to graduate this year, Desya plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in fine art as well continue their work with local artists and musicians.
Artist statement
My work explores love and the freedom to love as well as my trauma and my identity. Growth as an artist and as a person is imperative to me — I am always learning new skills and implementing them into my practice and my life.
I am interested in how different people occupy space in the world and in society. What starts out as pain soon becomes empowerment and beauty, leaving behind a sense of hope for the people of today and future generations. Being an interdisciplinary artist is integral to my work because it allows for me to continue to learn and express these themes fully.
Through exploration and experimentation, identities are clarified; through love and empathy, connections are created.
Des Starr, Waking Up.mp4Waking up, 2019
Video
Waking up is a piece exploring my own gender identity. After many years of questioning and experimenting with gender, I finally found that I was most comfortable with the label of non binary. This video work shows how I found comfort in the limbo between genders, and finding peace after accepting my own identity.
Video
Waking up is a piece exploring my own gender identity. After many years of questioning and experimenting with gender, I finally found that I was most comfortable with the label of non binary. This video work shows how I found comfort in the limbo between genders, and finding peace after accepting my own identity.
Sprawl, 2020
Net art, photography,
Since the beginning of social distancing I have found comfort in taking walks. My neighborhood is large and maze-like, feeling endless sometimes, with all the alleyways and paths, cul-de-sacs and looping roads. This piece will continue as long as we have to stay inside, updating whenever I go on a walk to try and curb the loneliness that creeps over all of us during this time.
sprawlposts.tumblr.com
Net art, photography,
Since the beginning of social distancing I have found comfort in taking walks. My neighborhood is large and maze-like, feeling endless sometimes, with all the alleyways and paths, cul-de-sacs and looping roads. This piece will continue as long as we have to stay inside, updating whenever I go on a walk to try and curb the loneliness that creeps over all of us during this time.
sprawlposts.tumblr.com
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