Biography

Neeko Paluzzi (he/him) is an artist and language educator based on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation (also known as Gatineau, Quebec). He is interested in translating other texts – both visual and non-visual – into intertextual installations that situate his own body at the centre of these photographic translations. In order to overtly or covertly embed his body into his installations, he uses digital technologies, such as 3D-scanning/printing and deep-fake algorithms. These photographic techniques create digital doubles of himself, personifying contemporary queerness and identity. Although he utilizes early twenty-first century technologies, his art practice is grounded by the rigours of darkroom chemistry and scholarly research, which present opportunities to explore the history of lens-based art in conversation with other artists and academics – both past and present.

Skillset

• As a teacher, with over ten years of post-secondary teaching experience, Neeko can foster a collaborative and communicative classroom environment, where students are free to share ideas and learn from each other.

• As an artist, Neeko has experimented with a variety of media to challenge the physical boundaries of photography – from 3D printing in sand stone, to 360 body scans with  200 cameras, and to two-channel video projections on frosted plexiglass.