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SHAYLA
Christina Oyawale

About

Christina Oyawale is a Black non-binary disabled lens-based artist, curator, and designer whose work explores the radical occupation of space through a disability and queer framework in image-making, specifically through experimental video, performance, photography, and installation. Christina holds a BFA in Photography from Toronto Metropolitan University. They strive to curate programming that fosters community conversations that pertain to interdependence, mental health, socio-political systems of oppression, and investigations of self.

Shayla is a study of light, gesture, and the ability to exist in a world that prioritizes the joy of racialized people. The feeling one gets when the sun hits the face, the heat and warmth as it touches your skin. It transports you back to a place of joy and a yearning for making it out on the other side. To feel everything when the world attempts to break down the joy that BIPOC people can feel in community with each other.

This artwork location has been generously provided by SANTINI GALLERY.


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ABOUT THE PHOTO WALK

WHAT IS THE SPAO PHOTO WALK?
The SPAO PHOTO WALK is an ongoing and evolving outdoor installation featuring large-scale photographic artworks. Designed as a photographic treasure hunt of sorts, visitors and tourists alike are encouraged to explore and engage with our vibrant Little Italy neighbourhood.

HOW ARE ARTWORKS SELECTED?
The artworks selected for the SPAO PHOTO WALK launch installation were selected from a nationwide open call and by an assessor jury made up of nationally recognized industry leaders.


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